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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016021034 · 2/3/2016 · Beck Manufacturing

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Threading and tapping machines

Employer

Name
Beck Manufacturing
Location
330 East Ninth Street, WAYNESBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, 17268
NAICS
332996
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating the T-80 Kauffman Tapper machine. When he reached into the machine to clear a shaving, he bumped his hand on the spinning tap and suffered a partial amputation on the right index finger involving skin and flesh with no bone loss.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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