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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021010661 · 1/25/2021 · BREY&KRAUSE MFR CO AND L.M. SMOYER BRASS PRODUCTS

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Clamps, couplings

Employer

Name
BREY&KRAUSE MFR CO AND L.M. SMOYER BRASS PRODUCTS
Location
1209 WEST LEHIGH STREET, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18018
NAICS
332998
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was welding a tube to a flange when a clamp device closed on her right thumb. The thumb tip was medically amputated above the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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