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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020109514 · 10/6/2020 · Carr & Duff 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 regular operation
Source
Other material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Carr & Duff Inc
Location
Heather Hills Lane & Tishogem Lane, GLEN MILLS, PENNSYLVANIA, 19342
NAICS
236116
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was watching cable being pulled into a bored passage. He lost his balance, and his right ring finger was caught by a cable being drawn through a machine wheel. The cable pulling block partially amputated the finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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