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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20161211683 · 12/15/2016 · CONTINENTAL DISC CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Punch presses

Employer

Name
CONTINENTAL DISC CORPORATION
Location
3160 W Heartland Dr, LIBERTY, MISSOURI, 64068
NAICS
311119
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a punch press when the employee's right hand got through the safety light curtain and activated the press. The press then amputated the employee's right index fingernail and half of the distal phalanx bone.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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