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Crushing injuries
1 hospitalization · 20191010406 · 10/4/2019 · Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Crushing injuries
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Winders, unwinders
Employer
- Name
- Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling
- Location
- 2200 Cameron St., LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70506
- NAICS
- 336611
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using a de-spooler machine to un-spool wire. The employee's left thumb was smashed between two rollers in the machine.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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