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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016087518 · 8/11/2016 · Yetter Manufacturing Company

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
Band saws

Employer

Name
Yetter Manufacturing Company
Location
109 S. McDonough Street, COLCHESTER, ILLINOIS, 62326
NAICS
332999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On or about August 11, 2016, an employee was cutting steel bar stock on a band saw when the employee's left index finger was caught between the band saw stop and the bar stock as a vertical vice closed to secure the bar stock. The distal phalange on the finger had to be surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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