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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017054104 · 5/5/2017 · Materion Advanced Materials Group 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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Materion Advanced Materials Group Inc.
Location
2978 Main Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14214
NAICS
331492
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was replacing a belt on a motor fan assembly when his right index finger was caught between the belt and the pulley, amputating the fingertip tip to the first knuckle. The belt was unguarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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