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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018021380 · 2/9/2018 · Independence Tube Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name
Independence Tube Corporation
Location
2000 Coopearge Way, TRINITY, ALABAMA, 35673
NAICS
331210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was aligning a steel tube on a conveyor when another tube bumped into the tube he was holding, causing his finger to become caught between the tube and lifting arm of the conveyor. His left ring finger was crushed, resulting in an amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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