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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20201211362 · 12/3/2020 · Empire Die Casting

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
Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Empire Die Casting
Location
635 East Highland Road, MACEDONIA, OHIO, 44056
NAICS
331523
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was trimming parts in a 50-ton trim press. While he was retrieving a part, the press cycled and came down on the fingers of his left hand, partially amputating the index and middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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