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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016032310 · 3/16/2016 · National Grid
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- 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
- Threading and tapping machines
- Secondary source
- Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Employer
- Name
- National Grid
- Location
- 2735 Mermaid Ave, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11236
- NAICS
- 221119
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was threading pipe on a threading machine when his glove was caught in the machine, amputating his right pinky finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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