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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021010787 · 1/28/2021 · Berger US, Inc.

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery

Employer

Name
Berger US, Inc.
Location
3491 Mary Taylor Road, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35235
NAICS
332439
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a ring rolling machine when he noticed a cut off slug had fallen into the overlap press. He pressed the quit button on the controller to stop the machine. He then reached into the overlap press to clear the debris and the press crushed the two middle fingers on his right hand, resulting in a partial amputation of the two fingers just below the fingernail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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