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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019032979 · 3/21/2019 · Whirley Industries, 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, unspecified
Source
Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name
Whirley Industries, Inc.
Location
403 Laurel Street, WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA, 16365
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was realigning two pieces of machinery on a press. An ejector plate retracted in the machinery, catching the employee's left hand and causing amputations to the index and middle fingertips.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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