ATLANTIC CASTING & ENGINEERING CORPORATION

Contact incidents unspecified — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at ATLANTIC CASTING & ENGINEERING CORPORATION in CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY
Employer ATLANTIC CASTING & ENGINEERING CORPORATION Report ID 2024054596
Address 810 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE City, State ZIP CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY 07012
Event Date May 24, 2024 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Body Part Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Event Type Contact incidents unspecified Source of Injury Hoists, lifts overhead, cable
Secondary Source Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
Industry (NAICS) 331522 Inspection # 1751325
GPS Coordinates 40.84000, -74.15000

Incident Narrative

An employee was lifting a component into a water blast machine when their right middle finger got caught between the lifting hook of the hoist and the component resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On May 24, 2024, a worker at ATLANTIC CASTING & ENGINEERING CORPORATION in CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as contact incidents unspecified, with hoists, lifts overhead, cable identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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