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Atlantic Recycling Equipment LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — ROLLINSFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Atlantic Recycling Equipment LLC in ROLLINSFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Employer Atlantic Recycling Equipment LLC Report ID 2021087057
Address 13 Jessie Doe Road City, State ZIP ROLLINSFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03869
Event Date August 19, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Shearing machines
Industry (NAICS) 562920 Inspection # 1549275
GPS Coordinates 43.23000, -70.82000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a hydraulic shearing machine when the cutting blade came down and amputated the end of his left middle fingertip.

Incident Summary

On August 19, 2021, a worker at Atlantic Recycling Equipment LLC in ROLLINSFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with shearing machines identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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