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Amputations
1 amputation · 2020032045 · 3/3/2020 · Ametek, Inc.
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 regular operation
- Source
- Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Ametek, Inc.
- Location
- 3021 Delany Road, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, 60085
- NAICS
- 326199
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was operating a cable-cutting machine. As she was realigning a cable, the machine actuated and amputated the tip of her right thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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