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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018010642 · 1/19/2018 · Winters Brothers Waste Systems of LI
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- 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 maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Winters Brothers Waste Systems of LI
- Location
- 99 Nancy St., WEST BABYLON, NEW YORK, 11704
- NAICS
- 562211
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was attempting to fix a sorting machine's jammed conveyor belt when the belt crushed and amputated the employee's left-hand fingers.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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