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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019088967 · 8/28/2019 · VIMCO INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
VIMCO INC.
Location
250 HANSEN ACCESS RD., KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19406
NAICS
331222
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was threading wire into a wire drawing machine when his finger slipped as the machine was pulling the wire, resulting in a partial amputation of the left ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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