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Amputations
1 amputation · 2019032874 · 3/19/2019 · VIEGA LLC
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 maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- VIEGA LLC
- Location
- 2211 Viega Avenue, MCPHERSON, KANSAS, 67640
- NAICS
- 326122
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cleaning the chain on a machine. The sprocket chain and gear caught the employee's right middle finger, amputating the tip.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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