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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015010698 · 1/22/2015 · BEKAERT CORP

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
BEKAERT CORP
Location
1881 BEKAERT DRIVE, VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, 72956
NAICS
331222
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The employee was making adjustments to a fence staple manufacturing machine. The employee was working on the machine when the flywheel came down, catching his hand between the flywheel cutter and stationary cutter. The employee's left thumb was amputated and the employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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