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Amputations
1 amputation · 2017043740 · 4/26/2017 · AMERICAN CRANE & EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
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
- Presses, except printing, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- AMERICAN CRANE & EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
- Location
- 531 OLD SWEDE ROAD, DOUGLASSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19518
- NAICS
- 333923
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was pressing a bearing when his finger became caught in the press machine, resulting in amputation of his left index fingertip.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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