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Amputations

1 amputation · 20191111523 · 11/5/2019 · Scottsbluff Star-Herald

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Presses-printing
Secondary source
Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools

Employer

Name
Scottsbluff Star-Herald
Location
1405 Broadway, SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA, 69361
NAICS
511110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the guard of a press machine with a rag when the rollers of the machine caught the corner of the rag and dragged the employee's right middle finger, resulting in a degloving injury from the distal interphalangeal joint to the tip of the finger. The employee's fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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