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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017043351 · 4/13/2017 · Turner Industries Group, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Barrels, drums-except pressurized

Employer

Name
Turner Industries Group, LLC
Location
8687 UNITED PLAZA BLVD., BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70809
NAICS
237990
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was weighing 55-gallon drums that were on a pallet next to a scale. When he tried to rotate a drum off the pallet and onto the scale, his right thumb was pinched between two drums, amputating the thumb tip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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