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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021010526 · 1/20/2021 · Berg Pipe Panama City Corp

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 during regular operation
Source
Metalworking lathes
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Berg Pipe Panama City Corp
Location
5315 West 19th ST., PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, 32405
NAICS
331210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was polishing an aluminum pipe in a lathe with an emery cloth when his glove got caught in the lathe chuck, pulling him into the lathe. The employee suffered fractures to his left arm above the wrist, a laceration on his left ear, and an amputation of his left thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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