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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017021636 · 2/20/2017 · Miller Constructors
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- 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
- Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Miller Constructors
- Location
- 23 Francis Clark Circle, BETHEL, CONNECTICUT, 06801
- NAICS
- 236115
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cleaning the blade of a power tool when it activated, partially amputating his right thumb. The blade was unguarded at the time.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown