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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019065963 · 6/13/2019 · Jupiter Composites, 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
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Jupiter Composites, Inc.
Location
3380 BILL METZGER LANE, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, 32514
NAICS
339999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A temporary employee was attempting to remove a piece of plastic foam from a foam-cutting machine when the cutter snatched her glove and pulled her left hand into the moving cutter blade, resulting in the amputation of her left middle finger from the first knuckle and a broken ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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