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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017053923 · 5/1/2017 · BMC East, 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
Stacking machinery

Employer

Name
BMC East, LLC
Location
3356 Lincoln Highway, PARADISE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17562
NAICS
423390
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a vertical stacker to raise trusses. When the employee pushed the stacker bar over, it started to fall. As the employee tried to catch it, the stacker pinched and amputated the employee's fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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