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Amputations
1 amputation · 20201211488 · 12/8/2020 · Hach Company
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- 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, n.e.c.
- Source
- Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Hach Company
- Location
- 5600 Lindbergh Drive, LOVELAND, COLORADO, 80538
- NAICS
- 334516
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was performing initial setup of a circular saw when the blade amputated his right middle finger. The saw was not guarded at the time.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown