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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021032552 · 3/25/2021 · American Electric Power

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
Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name
American Electric Power
Location
6601 SE 60th, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, 73501
NAICS
221121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was smoothing a metal plate using a bench grinder when the end of their thumb was caught between the material and the grinding wheel. The employee sustained a partial amputation (approximately 25 percent) of their left thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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