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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016043322 · 4/20/2016 · B & H Wholesale Fence, LLC
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
- Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- B & H Wholesale Fence, LLC
- Location
- 1900 Maxon Road Ext., SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, 12308
- NAICS
- 321999
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
While operating a chop saw to cut a piece of PVC plastic on 4/20/16, an employee amputated the left thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown