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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017099126 · 9/22/2017 · ELG Utica Alloys (Hartford), Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name
ELG Utica Alloys (Hartford), Inc.
Location
239 West Service Road, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06120
NAICS
423930
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove lodged scrap from an in-feed conveyor when his fingers/hand were pulled into a nip point between the head pulley and the conveyor belt, amputating his left lower arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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