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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015085464 · 8/5/2015 · Highway Safety Devices, Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Fingertip(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- Source
- Saws-powered, except chainsaws
Employer
- Name
- Highway Safety Devices, Inc.
- Location
- 16125 Old US Hwy. 41, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33912
- NAICS
- 237310
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cutting a wood plank with a powered circular saw when the saw kicked back and amputated the right-hand middle fingertip.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown