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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017088134 · 8/23/2017 · Milwaukee Tool Greenwood, MS Plant

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source
Scissors, snips, shears-nonpowered

Employer

Name
Milwaukee Tool Greenwood, MS Plant
Location
1003 Sycamore Avenue, GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, 38930
NAICS
333515
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was trimming a plastic cooling fan for a spindle motor with a pair of scissors when the scissors amputated one of the employee's fingertips.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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