Nolato Jabar LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — ANDOVER, NEW JERSEY

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Nolato Jabar LLC in ANDOVER, NEW JERSEY
Employer Nolato Jabar LLC Report ID 2020054445
Address 252 Brighton Road City, State ZIP ANDOVER, NEW JERSEY 07821
Event Date May 13, 2020 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 machinery
Industry (NAICS) 326299 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 40.98000, -74.75000

Incident Narrative

An employee was attempting to start an extruder. The extruder would not start, so the employee grabbed the belt to pull and rotate the motor with his right hand. Four of his right fingertips were then pulled by the belt into the pulleys, resulting in the amputation of the four fingers.

Incident Summary

On May 13, 2020, a worker at Nolato Jabar LLC in ANDOVER, NEW JERSEY 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 machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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