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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021077497 · 7/23/2021 · Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)

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
Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name
Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
Location
Bldg 6088 Mokapu Rd, M C B H KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII, 96863
NAICS
445110
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was preparing to make a cardboard bale using the box baler. He was unjamming a piece when his fingertip was caught between a chain and the wall of the machine resulting in amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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