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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019044005 · 4/18/2019 · Masaba, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Metal plates, metal panels
Secondary source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Masaba, Inc.
Location
1617 317th Street, VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57069
NAICS
333131
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving a steel plate onto the plasma cutting table when the steel plate hit the plasma table gantry shutoff cable and pivoted down. The employee's right middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the steel plate and the grating of the plasma cutting table.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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