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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017054448 · 5/16/2017 · ASRC Federal Primus Solutions

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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 during regular operation
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
ASRC Federal Primus Solutions
Location
40550 Route 25, GREENPORT, NEW YORK, 11944
NAICS
561210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of aluminum angle iron with a chop saw when the saw caught the piece and pulled it out of place. The angle iron piece then cut and amputated the employee's right index finger at or above the second knuckle. The chop saw was guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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