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Amputations
1 amputation · 2016021200 · 2/8/2016 · Progress Wire Products Co.
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
- Welding machinery
Employer
- Name
- Progress Wire Products Co.
- Location
- 3535 WEST 140TH ST, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44111
- NAICS
- 332618
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was running production on a spot welder when the employee's hand was caught in the machine's point of operation, amputating the thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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