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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017109942 · 10/16/2017 · Air King America Div of Lasko Products
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Fingertip(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Presses, except printing, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Air King America Div of Lasko Products
- Location
- 820 Lincoln Avenue, WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19380
- NAICS
- 333412
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was making collars for pedestal fans on a press when the machine powered on and amputated the employee's right index fingertip.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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