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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021043278 · 4/20/2021 · Winzeler Stamping Company

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Winzeler Stamping Company
Location
910 E. Main Street, MONTPELIER, OHIO, 43543
NAICS
332116
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee operating a transfer press was manually moving a press ram when their left hand slipped off the flywheel onto the top of a gear. The employee's third and fourth fingers became caught in the gear, resulting in an amputation to their fourth finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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