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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016054590 · 5/24/2016 · Westgate Resorts

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
Table saws
Secondary source
Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Westgate Resorts
Location
1724 Casino Center Drive, ROBINSONVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 38664
NAICS
721199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a table saw to cut some weed wacker cord when the cord became tangled and pulled the employee's left-hand fingers into the blade. Two of the employee's fingers were completely amputated, and one was partially amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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