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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018021519 · 2/13/2018 · Valk Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Valk Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Location
66 E Main Street, NEW KINGSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17072
NAICS
333120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a burn table with a pneumatic clamp when the clamp crushed his left index finger resulting in amputation of about 1/3 of the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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