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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015063483 · 6/8/2015 · U.S. Postal Service
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 maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Office and business machinery, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- U.S. Postal Service
- Location
- 900 E Fayette Street, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 21233
- NAICS
- 491110
- Jurisdiction
- 0
Narrative
An employee attempted to free a mail jam in a mail sorting device when the machine amputated his finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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