C. Hager & Sons Hinge Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified — Amputations — MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at C. Hager & Sons Hinge Manufacturing Company, Inc. in MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Employer C. Hager & Sons Hinge Manufacturing Company, Inc. Report ID 2022097848
Address 150 Folmar Parkway City, State ZIP MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36105
Event Date September 2, 2022 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 332510 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 32.26000, -86.36000

Incident Narrative

An employee was blowing bearings from underneath a ball bearing assembly machine using an air hose. The air hose nozzle was pulled under the machine table, which rose and pinched the employee's right hand against a structural support. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the right thumb.

Incident Summary

On September 2, 2022, a worker at C. Hager & Sons Hinge Manufacturing Company, Inc. in MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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