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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017057161 · 5/12/2017 · ANTHONY WEISS

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Seed planting machinery

Employer

Name
ANTHONY WEISS
Location
7829 E. Eden Road, EDEN, NEW YORK, 14057
NAICS
111998
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The employee had been planting crops with a planting machine. The employee's hands were in the planting mechanism when it hydraulically lifted and caught his fingers resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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