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Amputations

1 amputation · 20171010448 · 10/30/2017 · Haywood Berk Floor Company

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 regular operation
Source
Boring, routing, notching machines

Employer

Name
Haywood Berk Floor Company
Location
414 West Broadway, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10012
NAICS
238340
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a router to groove the end of a piece of flooring when the router cut and amputated his right pinky finger. The router was guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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