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Amputations

1 amputation · 20171012297 · 10/9/2017 · Purestat Engineered Technologies, Inc.

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, unspecified
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Purestat Engineered Technologies, Inc.
Location
21 Old Farm Road, LEWISTON, MAINE, 04240
NAICS
326112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working a bag machine when bags began falling into the machine and into the gears. While attempting to remove the bags, the employee's left index finger became jammed and amputated in a gear.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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