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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017032077 · 3/6/2017 · Eastern Surplus and Equipment Co.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- Source
- Tires, except bike
Employer
- Name
- Eastern Surplus and Equipment Co.
- Location
- 5825 Tacony Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19135
- NAICS
- 423440
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was airing a tire inside a cage when the tire blew up amputating two of the employee's fingers.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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