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Amputations
1 amputation · 2019077215 · 7/16/2019 · Elkay Manufacturing Company, LLC
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Fingertip(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Shearing machines
Employer
- Name
- Elkay Manufacturing Company, LLC
- Location
- 95 E Old State Road, SELLERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18960
- NAICS
- 332999
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was operating a shear when his left ring fingertip was amputated by the blade. The machine was guarded at the time.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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