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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016099193 · 9/29/2016 · U.S. Dept of Homeland Security
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- Source
- Band saws
Employer
- Name
- U.S. Dept of Homeland Security
- Location
- 1664 Weeksville Road, ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, 27906
- NAICS
- 926120
- Jurisdiction
- 0
Narrative
An employee severed a finger while using a stationary horizontal bandsaw to cut material. The finger had to be amputated.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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