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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015107596 · 10/12/2015 · Reliant Holdings, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers

Employer

Name
Reliant Holdings, Inc.
Location
31375A Great Western Drive, WINDSOR, COLORADO, 80550
NAICS
312113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was scooping ice pellets from the APC machine while it was running and the press came down and caught his right ring finger amputating it above the 1st joint near the base of the fingernail bed.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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