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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016109670 · 10/13/2016 · Universal Technical Institute

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified

Employer

Name
Universal Technical Institute
Location
750 Pennsylvania Drive, EXTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19341
NAICS
611519
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was leaning against the truck frame in the back of the truck with his hand resting on the edge of the frame close to the truck's mud flap spring release. A student unknowingly pushed down on the spring amputating the employee's left pinky fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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