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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021097744 · 9/9/2021 · Continental Cable, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Continental Cable, LLC
Location
253 Monument Road, HINSDALE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03451
NAICS
332618
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working with a 50-ton swage machine pressing metal beads onto wire rope. The employee was using an Allen wrench to position the part between the dies when the machine closed on their right index finger resulting in a fingertip amputation to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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