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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017053921 · 5/1/2017 · American Residential Services, LLC

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, n.e.c.
Source
Air conditioning units

Employer

Name
American Residential Services, LLC
Location
6363 John Pershing Dr., LA VISTA, NEBRASKA, 68128
NAICS
238220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was servicing an A/C unit with a clamp-on amp meter. He removed the cover to test the A/C when his left middle fingertip was caught and amputated (no bone loss) between a belt and pulley.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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