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Amputations

1 amputation · 20181112287 · 11/30/2018 · Hamilton Precision Metals, Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source
Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Hamilton Precision Metals, Incorporated
Location
1780 Rohrerstown Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
NAICS
331491
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a manual, lever-style paper cutter to cut lintless wiper tiles to size when his left thumb went over the bar. The paper cutter blade then cut his left thumb tip, resulting in an amputation from the base of the nail through the front tip of the thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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