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New England Gypsum Floors, LLC

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment — Amputations — CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at New England Gypsum Floors, LLC in CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT
Employer New England Gypsum Floors, LLC Report ID 2023054295
Address 50 Hazel Street City, State ZIP CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT 06410
Event Date May 13, 2023 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment Source of Injury Pumps
Industry (NAICS) 238110 Inspection # 1671617
GPS Coordinates 41.54000, -72.95000

Incident Narrative

An employee was wiping sand piles off the grate of a pump machine when his right hand slipped and his middle and ring fingers entered the grate. The employee suffered amputation of the middle fingertip as well as a severed ring finger that was reattached.

Incident Summary

On May 13, 2023, a worker at New England Gypsum Floors, LLC in CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as struck against moving part of machinery or equipment, with pumps identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 2,235 severe injury reports involving "Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment injuries.

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