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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018076580 · 7/1/2018 · Mars Petcare Inc

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name
Mars Petcare Inc
Location
1055 West Highway 34, AURORA, NEBRASKA, 68818
NAICS
311111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was reapplying thread seal tape on the surface of a conveyor belt's metal transfer plate when the employee's right middle finger and right index finger became pinched between the conveyor belt and the metal transfer plate. The employee suffered a fracture/partial amputation to the right index finger (distal to joint) and right middle finger (distal to joint).

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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