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Amputations
1 amputation · 20161110927 · 11/21/2016 · Sterling Boiler & Mechanical, Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- Source
- Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Sterling Boiler & Mechanical, Inc.
- Location
- 1499 Steam Plant Road, GALLATIN, TENNESSEE, 37066
- NAICS
- 238220
- Jurisdiction
- 0
Narrative
An employee was using an electric torque gun to tighten bolts when his right thumb was caught and partially amputated between the gun and the steel.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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