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Amputations

1 hospitalization · 2017066069 · 6/30/2017 · Superlite an Oldcastle company

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Skids, pallets
Secondary source
Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Superlite an Oldcastle company
Location
6741 West Germann Road, CHANDLER, ARIZONA, 85226
NAICS
327331
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was tucking in a plastic wrap tail on a pallet that was on a conveyor belt when another pallet came down the conveyor and smashed his right index finger between the two pallets, amputating his finger just above the nailbed.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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