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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018043933 · 4/24/2018 · Appalachian Wood Floors

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
Boring, routing, notching machines

Employer

Name
Appalachian Wood Floors
Location
838 Campbell Ave., PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, 45662
NAICS
321918
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a shaper machine (table mounted router) when the employee's hand slipped and went into the bit resulting in amputation of skin on the left middle fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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