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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018010105 · 1/4/2018 · H.C. Starck Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Metalworking lathes
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
H.C. Starck Inc.
Location
21801 Tungsten Road, EUCLID, OHIO, 44117
NAICS
332999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was polishing a metal bar on a manual lathe with an emery cloth when the cloth became caught around the rotating bar, consecutively catching the employee's glove. The lathe was rotating at 566 rpm at the time of the incident. The employee's right index finger was amputated to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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