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Amputations
1 amputation · 2019010849 · 1/24/2019 · Ira Green Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Fingertip(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Honing, polishing, lapping machinery
- Secondary source
- Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Employer
- Name
- Ira Green Inc.
- Location
- 177 Georgia Ave., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02905
- NAICS
- 332813
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was operating a polishing machine when the polishing wheel caught his gloved right hand. The tip of his middle finger was amputated.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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