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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020032161 · 3/6/2020 · Engineered Floors, LLC

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
Beams-unattached metal
Secondary source
Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck

Employer

Name
Engineered Floors, LLC
Location
236 EF Flooring Avenue, BRIDGEPORT, ALABAMA, 35740
NAICS
313110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was putting a brass bushing in a ring bearing for a beam. A forklift was lowering the beam while the employee was manually adjusting the position of the bushing. The injured employee's left ring finger was crushed by the beam resulting in surgical amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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