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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018032879 · 3/24/2018 · Elkhart Products Corporation

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, n.e.c.
Source
Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name
Elkhart Products Corporation
Location
3265 Highway 71 South, FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72701
NAICS
332913
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was manufacturing copper pipe fittings using a hydraulic press when a fitting fell into the machine. The employee was attempting to retrieve the fitting when the die came down on the employee's left index finger, amputating it at the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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