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Amputations
1 amputation · 2016064873 · 6/2/2016 · Liberty Tire Recycling, LLC
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 maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Conveyors-belt
Employer
- Name
- Liberty Tire Recycling, LLC
- Location
- 9675 Range Line Rd, PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA, 34987
- NAICS
- 326212
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was trying to clean the conveyor belt when his right hand was caught by the conveyor, amputating his ring fingertip.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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