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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 20181213252 · 12/29/2018 · ESCO Group, LLC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source
Hand grinders-powered
Secondary source
Wire, cables-nonelectrical

Employer

Name
ESCO Group, LLC.
Location
9098 Eastside Drive Extension, NEWTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39345
NAICS
333131
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a hand-held angle grinder to cut 1/8" wire. As he was cutting the wire it became entangled in the grinding wheel and the wire struck the employee. The employee sustained lacerations to the first and third fingers on the left hand and two tendons were cut on the left index finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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