Man Nearly Severs Finger in Linden Industrial Accident

Linden, NJ - A man nearly severed his finger and thumb in an industrial accident that occurred Monday in Linden, police there said. The accident occurred inside the American Mika Corp., 1015 Pennsylvania Ave., at 3:17 p.m. Monday, said Linden Police Captain James Sarnicki

Police responded to a 911 call of a man with a possible amputated finger.

The 69 year-old man from Whiting, N.J., was working with a table saw when his right thumb and index finger were struck with the saw. The index finger was nearly severed and the thumb was severely injured. He was treated at the scene by paramedics before he was transported to University Hospital in Newark for additional treatment. Here are other industrial accidents that have happened in Central Jersey so far this year:

• A Newark man was killed in January, also on Pennsylvania Avenue in Linden, when his clothing became caught in a lathe, a machine that rotates an item on its axis. He was dragged into the machinery and sustained serious injuries to his head and arm. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
• In February, a Laurence Harbor man was seriously injured when an 80,000-pound I-beam fell on his leg, crushing it at Matty’s On-Site LLC in Sayreville. The man survived that accident.

The Monday incident is still under investigation. The American Mica Corporation is an office cabinet manufacturer.