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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015097085 · 9/25/2015 · Envelope 1

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 regular operation
Source
Mailing and metering machines

Employer

Name
Envelope 1
Location
41969 State Route 344, COLUMBIANA, OHIO, 44408
NAICS
511140
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting machinery to resize envelopes when his thumb got caught and amputated between the collator and the collator wheel. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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