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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019076842 · 7/8/2019 · Unipres Alabama, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name
Unipres Alabama, Inc.
Location
990 Duncan Farms Road, STEELE, ALABAMA, 35987
NAICS
336399
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was lifting the elevator chain of a 1,200-ton press to place on a gear. The counterweight fell and the employee's left middle finger was caught in the elevator chain, suffering an amputation/crushing injury to the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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