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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017087438 · 8/4/2017 · True Manufacturing Co., 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
Welding machinery

Employer

Name
True Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Location
2001 E Terra Lane, O FALLON, MISSOURI, 63366
NAICS
333415
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a wire shelf welding machine when the machine dropped a crossbar in a crooked position. As he was attempting to correct the crossbar's placement, a press mechanism inside the machine came down on his left middle finger, amputating it from the fingertip to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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