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Amputations
1 amputation · 2016098415 · 9/6/2016 · WICHITA ELECTRIC COMPANY, Inc.
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
- Boring, routing, notching machines
Employer
- Name
- WICHITA ELECTRIC COMPANY, Inc.
- Location
- 2020 E. DOUGLAS, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67214
- NAICS
- 238210
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was repairing the rod on a bore machine when a clamp closed on his left hand, amputating his middle fingertip.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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