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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015041878 · 4/9/2015 · American Environmental Container Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source
Table saws

Employer

Name
American Environmental Container Corporation
Location
2302 Lasso Lane, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33801
NAICS
339999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a table saw, cutting cardboard tubes used to reinforce pools, when he suffered a right-hand thumb amputation. His thumb was severed across the nail bed.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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