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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018010162 · 1/5/2018 · Lozier

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Welding machinery

Employer

Name
Lozier
Location
6316 John J. Pershing Drive, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68110
NAICS
337212
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was standing on a step stool and locking out/tagging out an air valve on a bracket welder machine when her right second digit was caught between the frame and doors (guarding) on the back side of the machine. When she stepped down, her second digit fingertip was amputated to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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