Gerard Daniel Worldwide

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Gerard Daniel Worldwide in HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Gerard Daniel Worldwide Report ID 2023088055
Address 150 Factory Street City, State ZIP HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA 17331
Event Date August 31, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Winders, unwinders
Industry (NAICS) 332618 Inspection # 1696870
GPS Coordinates 39.80000, -76.97000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using a wire spooling machine when the machine malfunctioned and would not start. The employee was working to manually start the machine when it moved. The employee sustained an amputation to their right middle fingertip, degloving to the right little finger, and a fractured right ring finger.

Incident Summary

On August 31, 2023, a worker at Gerard Daniel Worldwide in HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with winders, unwinders identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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