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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019011104 · 1/30/2019 · Tri-State Industries of LA

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Bending, crimping machines
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Tri-State Industries of LA
Location
1111N. 3rd St., ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, 71303
NAICS
331110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was loading steel parts into a bending machine when the intake roller on the bending machine grabbed his glove and pulled his left hand into the roller, resulting in an amputation to his left index finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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