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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017010618 · 1/19/2017 · Federal Bureau of Prisons - USP Mendota

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Tractor, unspecified

Employer

Name
Federal Bureau of Prisons - USP Mendota
Location
33500 W California Avenue, MENDOTA, CALIFORNIA, 93640
NAICS
922140
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was working on a tractor alternator belt when a coworker started the engine. The employee's right second and third fingertips were then amputated by the moving belt.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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