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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20161211824 · 12/20/2016 · TRUSTILE DOORS, LLC

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Boring, routing, notching machines

Employer

Name
TRUSTILE DOORS, LLC
Location
1732 E 66 AVE, DENVER, COLORADO, 80229
NAICS
321911
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was changing the dust collection drum on a CNC router when the dust collection system's airlock amputated his right index finger at the middle phalange. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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