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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018099438 · 9/12/2018 · Evans Army Community Hospital

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage

Employer

Name
Evans Army Community Hospital
Location
1650 Cochrane Circle, FORT CARSON, COLORADO, 80913
NAICS
622110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was slicing a zucchini on a floor mixer with a slicer attachment when the zucchini became lodged in the slicer. The employee was attempting to dislodge it when the top portion of the employee's left ring finger was caught in the slicer, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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