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Amputations
1 hospitalization · 2015096841 · 9/17/2015 · U.S. Aluminum
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Fingertip(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- U.S. Aluminum
- Location
- 200 Singleton Drive, WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, 75165
- NAICS
- 331316
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
The employee was operating a saw and reached in to remove a jammed aluminum part and amputated the tip of his right ring finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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