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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021064852 · 6/15/2021 · Pacific Gold Marketing, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Drilling machines, drilling augers

Employer

Name
Pacific Gold Marketing, Inc.
Location
Edwards Air Force Base, EDWARDS AFB, CALIFORNIA, 93524
NAICS
237990
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was using an industrial drill, drilling holes for footings. The kelly cable drive was not retracting properly on the machine's drum, so the employee tried to disconnect the cable to re-spool the drum. He backed out the threaded pin from the kelly drive clevis that was holding the cable drive end. As he tried to push the pin through, his right middle finger was pinched in the clevis and cable. The finger was amputated at the first joint.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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