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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018021752 · 2/20/2018 · RH Sheppard Company
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
- Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- RH Sheppard Company
- Location
- 635 Gay street, HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17331
- NAICS
- 332322
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
The injured employee was adjusting a die when a second employee started the machine. The injured employee suffered a partial amputation of the thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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