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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017010212 · 1/8/2017 · Insteel Wire Products Company, 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
Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural

Employer

Name
Insteel Wire Products Company, Inc.
Location
3050 Melson Avenue, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32254
NAICS
331222
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was flattening out sheets of wire mesh when his right middle finger was caught between two wire bundle sheets, amputating his right middle fingertip without bone loss.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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