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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020043368 · 4/13/2020 · Clampco Products, 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
Bending, crimping machines

Employer

Name
Clampco Products, Inc.
Location
1743 Wall Road, WADSWORTH, OHIO, 44281
NAICS
333515
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a bending machine, making bends into thin gauge stainless steel bands. As the employee loaded the end of a steel band into the machine's tooling, her finger slipped up the side of the band and was caught in the point of operation. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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