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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020054209 · 5/5/2020 · : Hi-Tech Industrial Services, llc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
: Hi-Tech Industrial Services, llc.
Location
1801 LA-108, SULPHUR, LOUISIANA, 70665
NAICS
238140
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using his gloved fingers to clean out a gunite machine's feed wheel area when his glove was caught in a pinch point. The feed wheel then caught his left index and ring fingers, resulting in the medical amputation of his index finger and requiring surgery for his ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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