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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20201211459 · 12/7/2020 · Elkhart Products Corporation

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
Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name
Elkhart Products Corporation
Location
3265 S School Ave, FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72701
NAICS
332913
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was doing maintenance work on a press machine. The machine was homed so that the employee could clear a piece of copper from the machine's die; the die closed and amputated the employee's left ring finger, as well as damaging his middle and index fingers and his thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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