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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018010121 · 1/4/2018 · Gates Corporation
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 maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Gates Corporation
- Location
- 630 US Highway 150 E, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, 61401
- NAICS
- 326220
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was troubleshooting a coiler machine when a damaged pneumatic piston actuated and amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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