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Crescent Industries, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — NEW FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Crescent Industries, Inc. in NEW FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Crescent Industries, Inc. Report ID 2022032073
Address 12 North Front Street City, State ZIP NEW FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA 17349
Event Date March 7, 2022 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 Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 326199 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 39.73000, -76.70000

Incident Narrative

An employee was fixing a machine that cuts bar stock after an alarm on the machine went off. When the employee fixed the issue, the machine started back up and the employee's right index finger got caught in the machine's bar feeder, resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle.

Incident Summary

On March 7, 2022, a worker at Crescent Industries, Inc. in NEW FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA 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 metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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