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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015085522 · 8/6/2015 · TB Wood's Incorprated

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
Secondary source
Doors, except garage and vehicle

Employer

Name
TB Wood's Incorprated
Location
440 North Fifth Avenue, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17201
NAICS
333613
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee pushed a cart through a doorway out of a walk-in oven. The employee had his hands on the outside of the cart. As the employee came around a corner, the cart cut the corner and pinched the employee's finger between the cart and the door jam. The employee sustained an amputation to the tip of the left pinky finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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