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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020032254 · 3/9/2020 · ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified

Employer

Name
ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC
Location
2106 S RIVERSIDE RD, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64507
NAICS
333924
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The injured employee was assisting another associate in working on a bumper winch. The injured employee's hand was on the bumper when someone under the truck called the employee's name. The injured employee looked under the truck and the eyelet on the bumper winch caught their thumb. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the right thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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