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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016076365 · 7/14/2016 · Spearfish Forest Products

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Toes(s), toenail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Conveyors-chain

Employer

Name
Spearfish Forest Products
Location
1510 West Oliver, SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57783
NAICS
321113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was greasing a conveyor when his foot slipped from the framework he was standing on and ended up on the chain drive and sprocket. The drive and sprocket crushed the toe box of his boot, partially amputating his right big toe.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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