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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019077740 · 7/29/2019 · Florida Metal Products, Inc.

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
Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Florida Metal Products, Inc.
Location
6940 Stuart Avenue, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32254
NAICS
332312
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A machine operator was loading metal strips into a folding machine when his left thumb was caught between the machine's two clamping arms. He suffered an amputation to the thumb without bone loss. The machine was guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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