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Amputations
1 amputation · 2017043716 · 4/25/2017 · BLUESCOPE BUILDINGS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Presses, except printing, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- BLUESCOPE BUILDINGS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Location
- 1274 CHURCH AVENUE, RAINSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35986
- NAICS
- 332312
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was operating a press when their right thumb became caught in the machine, resulting in amputation of the right thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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