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Amputations

1 hospitalization · 2015118359 · 11/6/2015 · ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
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
Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION
Location
Sub Base, 1 Crystal Lake Road, GROTON, CONNECTICUT, 06340
NAICS
336612
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

While using a metal rolling machine to straighten a piece of sheet metal, and employee's glove got caught in one of the rollers, which pulled his hand in. He lost three fingers on his left hand down to the first knuckle, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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