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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015096827 · 9/17/2015 · Steel King Industries, 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
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Steel King Industries, Inc.
Location
325 East Beckert Road, NEW LONDON, WISCONSIN, 54961
NAICS
332322
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was standing on a movable machine bed. The employee reached up to grab a rail and caught her hand in a shear point between a bearing block and the machine frame. Her right hand pinky and ring fingers were amputated to approximately the second joint.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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