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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019032682 · 3/13/2019 · Brown's Welding & Steel, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, unspecified
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source
Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)

Employer

Name
Brown's Welding & Steel, Inc.
Location
561 Skowhegan Rd, NORRIDGEWOCK, MAINE, 04957
NAICS
423510
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was loading a truck when a piece of bar stock slipped pinching his right thumb between two pieces of bar stock (1.5" diameter; 21 feet long). The employee sustained a partial amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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