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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019054599 · 5/6/2019 · American Gypsum Company Duke Plant

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
American Gypsum Company Duke Plant
Location
18972 Hwy 62, DUKE, OKLAHOMA, 73532
NAICS
212399
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was adding a pad to the pusher in order to square up the boards on a running bundler machine. The employee's right index finger was caught between a lug and the guard around the chain and was partially amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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