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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017076621 · 7/17/2017 · Krueger International, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Bending, crimping machines

Employer

Name
Krueger International, Inc.
Location
2112 S. Green Street, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38804
NAICS
337214
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting a chair back part in a CNC bender when the machine crushed his right index finger. His finger had to be medically amputated at the first knuckle. The bender machine was operating at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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