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Amputations
1 amputation · 2018032788 · 3/21/2018 · U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- 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 regular operation
- Source
- Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- Location
- 501 GARY HILL ROAD, EDGEFIELD, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29824
- NAICS
- 922140
- Jurisdiction
- 0
Narrative
An employee was operating a can crusher machine when it amputated half of one of the employee's fingers.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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