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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017010386 · 1/12/2017 · Ilsco Extrusions, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Ilsco Extrusions, Inc.
Location
93 Werner Road, GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16125
NAICS
331316
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating an automated gang saw/flat bed saw and had loaded a new part. He was attempting to clean cut chip debris from the saw when the clamp came down and caught his left hand, partially amputating his pinky finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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