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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015096780 · 9/16/2015 · Mastec Services, 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
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Plowing, planting, and fertilizing machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Mastec Services, Inc
Location
114 Comercial Place, SEBRING, FLORIDA, 33876
NAICS
237130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The employee was installing a shaker box on a plow when he inadvertently bumped the shaker box causing it to move on the jacks and pinch his right ring finger between the shaker box and the mounting arm of the plow. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation with loss of a finger nail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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