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Amputations

1 amputation · 20171111205 · 11/22/2017 · Diemolding Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Diemolding Corporation
Location
100 Donald Hicks Dew Drive, WAMPSVILLE, NEW YORK, 13163
NAICS
336340
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was clearing scrap from the exit end of a preformer machine when his middle finger was caught in the machine punch, cutting and amputating his fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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