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Amputations
1 amputation · 2017109871 · 10/13/2017 · Snyder Iron & Metal, LLC
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- Source
- Scrap metal
- Secondary source
- Pallet jack-powered
Employer
- Name
- Snyder Iron & Metal, LLC
- Location
- 1001 Wooten Road, BIG SPRING, TEXAS, 79720
- NAICS
- 423930
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using a pallet jack to move a box when a piece of metal fell out of the box and landed on his hand, amputating a finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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