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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017076526 · 7/14/2017 · Federal Correctional Complex - Federal Bureau of Prisons

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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Federal Correctional Complex - Federal Bureau of Prisons
Location
UNICOR, FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS, 72335
NAICS
922140
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was pulling scrap from a beam saw when the compressor/die came down and crushed his left ring fingertip between pieces of wood. As he pulled his hand back, his fingertip was amputated to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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