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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017054238 · 5/10/2017 · Capital Overhead Door

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source
Movable ladders, unspecified
Secondary source
Garage doors

Employer

Name
Capital Overhead Door
Location
604 Graham Park Dr, SEWARD, NEBRASKA, 68434
NAICS
238350
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was on a ladder, removing a vice grip from a garage door to open it. When the vice grip came off, the door rolled open and knocked him off the ladder. His right thumb was pinched and amputated between the door and the track.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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