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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015096577 · 9/9/2015 · Cardington Yutaka Technologies, Inc.

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
Bending, crimping machines

Employer

Name
Cardington Yutaka Technologies, Inc.
Location
575 West Main St., CARDINGTON, OHIO, 43315
NAICS
336399
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a metal pipe bender in the bender work area. The employee was attempting to adjust the bender when a coworker cycled the machine. The employee's left-hand pinky and ring fingers were crushed, and the distal phalanx of the left-hand middle and ring fingers were surgically removed.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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