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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2017065345 · 6/12/2017 · PFI USA, LLP

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source
Hand grinders-powered

Employer

Name
PFI USA, LLP
Location
5963 Jaysville-Johns Road, GREENVILLE, OHIO, 45331
NAICS
332439
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using an angle grinder with a cutting wheel to remove tabs that were incorrectly welded on a metal rack when the grinder hit the rack and came back across his left pinky finger, deeply lacerating it.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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