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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019076681 · 7/2/2019 · Pro Construction Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Punch presses

Employer

Name
Pro Construction Inc.
Location
Schuyler Maritime, BROUSSARD, LOUISIANA, 70518
NAICS
561311
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping another employee (the operator) operate a press machine. The employee was feeding rubber into the press machine, which punches 1-inch-diameter holes in the rubber, when the punch came down and amputated his fourth and fifth fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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