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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018043390 · 4/9/2018 · John Crane Fluid Control Group

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
Milling machines
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
John Crane Fluid Control Group
Location
2931 E. Apache St., TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74110
NAICS
339991
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was checking measurements on a vertical mill to drill two holes in the blank channel of a lubricator part when his gloved hand was drawn into the drill bit, resulting in a left index finger amputation. The vertical mill was operating at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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