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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019010041 · 1/2/2019 · Exide Technologies

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Exide Technologies
Location
413 E. Berg Rd., SALINA, KANSAS, 67401
NAICS
335911
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was replacing a belt associated with a pasting machine cutter when a second employee jogged the machine via a two-hand control. As the second employee activated the two-hand control, the first employee's hand slipped into the cutting head, severing three fingers between the first and second knuckle. One finger was amputated and two other fingers may require amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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