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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018099935 · 9/25/2018 · FirstEnergy Service 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
Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source
Push-pull rams-powered

Employer

Name
FirstEnergy Service Corporation
Location
40 Curry Avenue, CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 15317
NAICS
221112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employees were using two 10-ton hydraulic rams in disassembling a sump pump. The rams slipped from position, hitting an employee's left thumb and causing a comminuted distal phalanx fracture. The thumb was subsequently amputated at the base of the nail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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