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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016032579 · 3/28/2016 · Instrument Transformers, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Instrument Transformers, LLC
Location
1907 Calumet St, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33765
NAICS
335311
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

While diagnosing a vacuum system, an employee removed an exhaust filter to access a vacuum port with his right thumb. The ball valve actuated while his thumb was in the port, amputating his thumb tip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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