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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017109520 · 10/4/2017 · Muller Cooper Tube Company, Inc.

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 regular operation
Source
Honing, polishing, lapping machinery

Employer

Name
Muller Cooper Tube Company, Inc.
Location
400 Muller Road, FULTON, MISSISSIPPI, 38843
NAICS
331421
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a polishing machine to sand down a steel rod when his left hand was caught in the rotating sand paper, amputating his pinky finger at the knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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