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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2017010358 · 1/12/2017 · World Wide Exchangers, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Foot (feet), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Hand grinders-powered

Employer

Name
World Wide Exchangers, LLC
Location
601 W 136th St N, SKIATOOK, OKLAHOMA, 74070
NAICS
332410
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was dressing a heat exchanger plate with a hand grinder. The grinder blade caught the edge of the groove being ground and the grinder fell out of the employee's hand striking the top of the employee's left foot and causing a laceration including separation of the big toe tendon.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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