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HITACHI CABLE AMERICA, INC.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at HITACHI CABLE AMERICA, INC. in MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Employer HITACHI CABLE AMERICA, INC. Report ID 2021032593
Address 900 HOLT AVE. City, State ZIP MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03109
Event Date March 27, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
Industry (NAICS) 335921 Inspection # 1522954
GPS Coordinates 42.97000, -71.40000

Incident Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a machine that wraps coating over cable when they sustained an amputation to a fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.

Incident Summary

On March 27, 2021, a worker at HITACHI CABLE AMERICA, INC. in MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with painting, priming, metal coating machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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