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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017087777 · 8/14/2017 · Chief Agri Industrial

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 running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Chief Agri Industrial
Location
4400 East 39th St., KEARNEY, NEBRASKA, 68848
NAICS
333111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the rollers on a pipe roller machine when his glove was caught between the rollers. His right hand was pulled into the rollers, amputating all four fingertips to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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