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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018065328 · 6/1/2018 · Production Tube Cutting, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Production Tube Cutting, Inc.
Location
1100 South Smithfield Road, DAYTON, OHIO, 45403
NAICS
331210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was picking a piece of emery cloth out from between the roller and arbor of a tube cutting machine when the employee's right thumb was caught between the roller and arbor. The employee pulled the thumb back, and the nail and some skin were partially amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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