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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019044365 · 4/30/2019 · Fairbanks Scales Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified

Employer

Name
Fairbanks Scales Inc.
Location
239 69th Ave, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39307
NAICS
333997
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a saw. As the employee tried to remove the trim piece with his left hand, the clamp closed and pinched his left index finger between the clamp and the material causing an amputation of the distal phalanx.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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