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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021108772 · 10/12/2021 · Pallet Distributors Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Pallet Distributors Inc.
- Location
- 10143 Copperhead Road NW, SUGARCREEK, OHIO, 44681
- NAICS
- 321920
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using an upcut saw when its blade cut his right hand. He suffered a laceration to the index finger and an amputation to the thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown