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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015129134 · 12/3/2015 · Albea Metal Americas, Inc.

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
Punch presses

Employer

Name
Albea Metal Americas, Inc.
Location
1 Seemar Road, WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT, 06795
NAICS
332115
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on a sample table, loading weights into the benefits inserts of a punch machine. She missed a weight in one of the inserts and shut the machine off to add the weight. The machine restarted and caught the employee's finger between the punch and the insert. Her left index finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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