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Amputations
1 amputation · 2017109823 · 10/12/2017 · Rheem Water Heaters
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- 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
- Box cutters and razor knives
Employer
- Name
- Rheem Water Heaters
- Location
- 2600 Gunter Park Drive East, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36101
- NAICS
- 339999
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using a box cutter to open a box when the cutter slipped and amputated the employee's left index fingertip.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown