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Amputations

1 amputation · 20211210589 · 12/9/2021 · Keystone Profiles, LTD

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Keystone Profiles, LTD
Location
220 Seventh Avenue, BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15010
NAICS
331221
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing a cut piece of wire from a die. He was attempting to keep the pull-up chain from slipping down to the bottom of the drum when his finger was pinched between the chain and the drum. The employee sustained a left ring finger amputation beginning at the fingernail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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