Stewart's Shops

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Stewart's Shops in SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK
Employer Stewart's Shops Report ID 20191212912
Address 461 Church St. City, State ZIP SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK 12866
Event Date December 16, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311520 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 43.09000, -73.83000

Incident Narrative

An employee was attempting to grab a bottle that was jammed in the trip chute of a blow molding machine when the trimmer block cycled and amputated approximately one-half of his left index finger.

Incident Summary

On December 16, 2019, a worker at Stewart's Shops in SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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