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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017087792 · 8/14/2017 · Parallel Products of Colorado, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Toes(s), toenail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name
Parallel Products of Colorado, LLC
Location
123 9th Avenue, GREELEY, COLORADO, 80631
NAICS
331312
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees had shut down a can crusher because the auger was making a funny noise. The injured employee had climbed up to inspect the upper bearing and had set his right foot over to the baler to steady himself. The baler engaged and started down, and the bale ejector chain hook came down on his boot behind the steel toe. His right big toe was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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