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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017031977 · 3/2/2017 · GENERAL CABLE

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 regular operation
Source
Welding machinery

Employer

Name
GENERAL CABLE
Location
9975 US HWY. 80 E., SCOTTSVILLE, TEXAS, 75688
NAICS
335929
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was about to weld a piece of cable from the east side cable to the west side cable. The west side was already clamped off and the employee was putting the east side into the clamp on the cable welder. As he was lowering the guard, the clamp guard actuated catching his right middle finger in the clamp and amputating the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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