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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019011030 · 1/29/2019 · Matheson Tri-Gas

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Source
Delivery truck or van

Employer

Name
Matheson Tri-Gas
Location
250 Spring Street, CLINTONVILLE, WISCONSIN, 54929
NAICS
325998
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The injured employee had just finished delivering gas cylinders to a customer. As the employee was folding the lift gate on the truck to put it away, their left ring finger was pinched between the lift gate and the ramp resulting in amputation below the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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