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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017065154 · 6/6/2017 · MISSOURI PRESS METALS

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 running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
MISSOURI PRESS METALS
Location
1200 E Boonville, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
NAICS
332999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was making bushings at a metal molding machine when the machine amputated half of her right middle finger. The machine was not guarded or locked out at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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