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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021054132 · 5/20/2021 · Gulf Machine Shop, Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Metal plates, metal panels
Secondary source
Metal plates, metal panels

Employer

Name
Gulf Machine Shop, Inc
Location
5337 E. Broad Street, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70615
NAICS
332999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning up a yard. Some debris fell into his boot. He sat down on some stacked steel plates to remove it; a plate rocked, and as he tried to brace himself his left ring fingertip was amputated between two of the plates.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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