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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020087328 · 8/4/2020 · pewag Traction Chain, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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 during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
pewag Traction Chain, Inc.
Location
190 Greenhorn Dr, PUEBLO, COLORADO, 81004
NAICS
332618
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a sidehook machine. The machine's arm came down and pressed the employee's hand into a recessed area for a mandrel. The hand was crushed and the employee underwent bone reduction surgery to the little finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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