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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015052545 · 5/4/2015 · Rocky Mountain Recycling, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name
Rocky Mountain Recycling, LLC
Location
4744 4th Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80216
NAICS
423930
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On May 4, 2015, an employee was cleaning the strapper on the bailer unit. The employee suffered a fracture and partial amputation of the right index finger after his finger was pulled into the pinch point between the two pinch wheels of the machine.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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