Graf Tech International Holdings Inc

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Amputations — SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Graf Tech International Holdings Inc in SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Graf Tech International Holdings Inc Report ID 2023109089
Address 800 Theresia Street City, State ZIP SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA 15857
Event Date October 2, 2023 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 332710 Inspection # 1702975
GPS Coordinates 41.43000, -78.54000

Incident Narrative

Employees were using a wrench to unthread the coupler of the air cylinder for the kicker of an in-feed conveyor. An employee's ring finger was crushed between the kicker and a steel rail resulting in a partial amputation that was later reattached.

Incident Summary

On October 2, 2023, a worker at Graf Tech International Holdings Inc in SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with conveyors-powered, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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