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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018043569 · 4/13/2018 · Transportation Equipment Supply Company

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
Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified

Employer

Name
Transportation Equipment Supply Company
Location
8106 Hawthorne Drive, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16509
NAICS
332216
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to clamp a saw's ancillary vice to advance a piece of stock on the saw when he activated the main vice. The main vice then clamped down onto his left ring and pinky fingers, amputating his ring fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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