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Amputations

1 amputation · 20161111112 · 11/29/2016 · JS Kempt & Brothers, LLC.

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 regular operation
Source
Plowing, planting, and fertilizing machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
JS Kempt & Brothers, LLC.
Location
200 E. Hicks Street, PALATKA, FLORIDA, 32177
NAICS
111219
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a planter machine to plant broccoli. As he was pulling a plant from the planter machine's cup, the cup turned and amputated his right index fingertip. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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