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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015097193 · 9/29/2015 · Elster American Meter Company, LLC

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
Bending, crimping machines

Employer

Name
Elster American Meter Company, LLC
Location
2221 Industrial Rd., NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA, 68410
NAICS
334514
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was holding a metal diaphragm ring with a nylon stick (tool). The roller used to make the lip on a metal ring (diaphragm) came off of the die inside of the machine, causing the piece to be pulled into the rollers as the machine cycled. The employee's right-hand ring finger was amputated by the rollers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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