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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019010428 · 1/14/2019 · U.S. Gypsum Southern

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
Centrifuges

Employer

Name
U.S. Gypsum Southern
Location
Hwy 51A, SOUTHARD, OKLAHOMA, 73770
NAICS
325520
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was manually clearing a clog in a centrifuge machine when his fingers were caught and crushed between the dryer mechanism and the centrifuge, ripping the skin and meat off and leaving the bone. As a result, his right middle and ring fingers had to be surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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