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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016109788 · 10/18/2016 · PIPELIFE JET STREAM INC.

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
Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name
PIPELIFE JET STREAM INC.
Location
1700 South Lincoln Street, SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72761
NAICS
332996
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unjamming a pipe in a grinder machine. As the pipe loosened, the door to the grinder slammed shut on his right ring fingertip, amputating it from the tip to the middle of the fingernail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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