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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20171110510 · 11/2/2017 · Frictionless World, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Frictionless World, LLC
Location
1100 West 120th Ave, WESTMINSTER, COLORADO, 80234
NAICS
238290
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was assembling a log splitter. He was putting on a sling choker for a log splitter beam when another beam rolled forward and severely cut and crushed his right finger between the two beams. The last digit of his right finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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