JELD-WEN, Incorporated

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at JELD-WEN, Incorporated in TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer JELD-WEN, Incorporated Report ID 2024065051
Address 825 Shiner Road City, State ZIP TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA 18848
Event Date June 7, 2024 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Body Part Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Event Type Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source of Injury Other special process machinery n.e.c.
Secondary Source Machine and tool parts, accessories n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 321219 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 41.76000, -76.41000

Incident Narrative

An employee was examining filter socks in a paint tote inside a booth. The employee noticed that a sock was displaced and floating in the tote. As the employee tried to retrieve it, it became entangled in the rotating agitator inside the tote, which then entangled the employee's left hand in the sock. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle fingertip.

Incident Summary

On June 7, 2024, a worker at JELD-WEN, Incorporated in TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with other special process machinery n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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