Chroma Color Corporation

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — LAMBERTVILLE, NEW JERSEY

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Chroma Color Corporation in LAMBERTVILLE, NEW JERSEY
Employer Chroma Color Corporation Report ID 2025066019
Address 11 Kari Dr City, State ZIP LAMBERTVILLE, NEW JERSEY 08530
Event Date June 24, 2025 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 Elevators, hoists, lifts unspecified
Secondary Source Secondary source not applicable
Industry (NAICS) 326199 Inspection # 1833535
GPS Coordinates 40.38000, -74.91000

Incident Narrative

An employee was putting a fiber drum into an elevator when the drum became jammed. As he worked to release the drum, it shifted and its stored tension moved it upward, catching his left thumb as he pulled back between the top of the drum and the frame of the elevator opening. The employee suffered a partial fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On June 24, 2025, a worker at Chroma Color Corporation in LAMBERTVILLE, NEW JERSEY 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 elevators, hoists, lifts unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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