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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016021110 · 2/5/2016 · Muncy Machine & Tool Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural

Employer

Name
Muncy Machine & Tool Company
Location
5820 Susquehanna Trail, TURBOTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17772
NAICS
331222
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was lifting a bundle of bars with an overhead crane. The employee was steadying the load with his ungloved left hand. The load of bars shifted and pinched his finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation of his left ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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