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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018076734 · 7/5/2018 · Wirerope Works, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Overhead hoists, unspecified
Secondary source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Wirerope Works, Inc.
Location
100 Maynard Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
NAICS
331222
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using one hand to operate a hoist that held a wire-containing bobbin and one hand to guide the bobbin into the slot of a strander machine when the hoist started to lower faster than anticipated. The employee's left index fingertip was then pinched between the bobbin and strander machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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