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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015041856 · 4/9/2015 · Hohmann & Barnard, Inc.

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, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Hohmann & Barnard, Inc.
Location
1902 Woodman Industral, Dr., TRUSSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35173
NAICS
327390
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A worker was stringing up the masonry wire machine. He pressed the single cycle button and when the machine cycled forward it caught his glove and pulled his hand through the pulling knurls amputating one half of his right middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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