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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018032547 · 3/14/2018 · Alpha Precision Group

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
Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Alpha Precision Group
Location
95 Mason Run Road, RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA, 15853
NAICS
332117
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was loading a part onto a slotter when the part began to fall off of the holding fixture. While straightening the part out on the fixture, the employee actuated the slotter with her other hand. Her right index fingertip was then caught and amputated between the vice fixture and the part.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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