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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016043337 · 4/21/2016 · Edwin L. Heim Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Pliers, tongs

Employer

Name
Edwin L. Heim Company
Location
1505 Orrtanna Rd, ORRTANNA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17353
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was threading some 3-inch conduit when he identified burrs that needed removal. He was using his channel locks to get rid of the burrs when the channel locks grabbed and pulled his left hand into the machine. The fingertip of his left pinky finger was surgically amputated above the fingernail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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