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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015118339 · 11/5/2015 · Mid-City Scrap Iron & Salvage Co., 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
- Shearing machines
Employer
- Name
- Mid-City Scrap Iron & Salvage Co., Inc.
- Location
- 548 State Road, WESTPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, 02790
- NAICS
- 423930
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee had his right thumb amputated above the first knuckle while using an alligator shear to cut aluminum pieces.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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