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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017087964 · 8/18/2017 · United Parcel Service
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 maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- United Parcel Service
- Location
- 136-40 Springfield Boulevard, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NEW YORK, 11413
- NAICS
- 481112
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was attempting to unjam a machine when one of the employee's fingers was caught and amputated between two machine rollers.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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