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Amputations

1 amputation · 20191213133 · 12/23/2019 · MTD Consumer Group INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Plastic injection molding machinery

Employer

Name
MTD Consumer Group INC.
Location
5484 Highway 145, VERONA, MISSISSIPPI, 38879
NAICS
333112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was preparing to remove a plastics injection mold from a press. The employee's left ring finger was caught between a jam bar and a mold press plate and was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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