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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017032943 · 3/31/2017 · Desco Machine Company LLC

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 regular operation
Source
Metalworking lathes
Secondary source
Textiles, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Desco Machine Company LLC
Location
1309 Case Parkway N, TWINSBURG, OHIO, 44087
NAICS
561499
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was polishing a shaft with an emery cloth while the shaft was spinning in a lathe when the emery cloth caught on a bur and pulled his right thumb into the machine, partially amputating it.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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