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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017021733 · 2/22/2017 · Dakota Panel

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, unspecified
Source
Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name
Dakota Panel
Location
1651 Culvert Street, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57701
NAICS
321219
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a banding machine and reached into the machine to remove a piece of wood. The platen that clamps the board closed on the employee's right index finger crushing the fingertip and fingernail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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