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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020021126 · 2/4/2020 · Reed's Metals Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Bending, crimping machines

Employer

Name
Reed's Metals Inc
Location
12655 I-30 South, BENTON, ARKANSAS, 72015
NAICS
332322
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a bending machine. He was putting pieces of trim in the machine. His fingers were on the top of a metal piece when the machine was activated via the foot pedal. The machine amputated his left index finger and crushed his right index and middle fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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