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Amputations
1 amputation · 2021043332 · 4/22/2021 · GATES CORPORATION
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Fingertip(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Extruding machinery
Employer
- Name
- GATES CORPORATION
- Location
- 1650 Rowe Parkway, POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI, 63901
- NAICS
- 326220
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was freeing a hose stuck in an in-line extruder. The extruder's saw blade amputated three fingertips on the employee's left hand.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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