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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018032956 · 3/27/2018 · Buckeye Diamond Logistics

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Buckeye Diamond Logistics
Location
4338 Janitrol Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
NAICS
321920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was checking for a bind in the chain of the "tipper" when the machine actuated and caught the employee's right index finger between the chain and sprocket resulting in an amputation injury.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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