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Airtech

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Amputations — RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Airtech in RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY
Employer Airtech Report ID 2022032522
Address 301 Veterans Blvd City, State ZIP RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY 07070
Event Date March 21, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Industry (NAICS) 423830 Inspection # 1585232
GPS Coordinates 40.81000, -74.09000

Incident Narrative

An employee was training another employee on a vacuum. The injured employee suffered a fingertip amputation while he was holding a vacuum pump to feel for vibrations.

Incident Summary

On March 21, 2022, a worker at Airtech in RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 1,049 severe injury reports involving "Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified" incidents in our database. Browse all Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified injuries.

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