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Amputations
1 amputation · 2018099276 · 9/7/2018 · Sharp Corporation
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- Source
- Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Sharp Corporation
- Location
- 7451 KEEBLER WAY, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18106
- NAICS
- 561910
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was manually moving a belt on an HVAC unit when three of the employee's fingers were pinched and amputated between the belt and pulley.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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