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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016087788 · 8/19/2016 · Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.

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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Conveyors-chain

Employer

Name
Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
Location
17761 Route 208, MARBLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16334
NAICS
321113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was trying to unbind a conveyor chain by turning the drive pulley backwards. The chain jumped causing his left thumb to become caught and amputated in the chain and pulley.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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