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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016088201 · 8/26/2016 · Caldwell Ready Mix

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
Source
Wrenches-nonpowered
Secondary source
Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified

Employer

Name
Caldwell Ready Mix
Location
35500 SR 78, LEWISBURG, OHIO, 45338
NAICS
327320
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was checking bolts on a truck mounted rolling concrete mixer. The employee reached for a wrench that was stuck on the mixer and pinched the right index finger between the wrench and truck mounted pedestal. The initial injury was a severe laceration that later became a surgical amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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