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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020032465 · 3/16/2020 · CROWN BATTERY MFG. CO.

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
CROWN BATTERY MFG. CO.
Location
1445 MAJESTIC DRIVE, FREMONT, OHIO, 43420
NAICS
335911
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was putting fiberglass into the wrapper stacker machine. The employee was correcting fiberglass that was going in crooked, when his hand was pulled into the rollers of the machine. The right ring finger had to be amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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