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Amputations

1 amputation · 20211211147 · 12/29/2021 · Red Devil, 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
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name
Red Devil, Inc.
Location
4175 Webb Street, PRYOR, OKLAHOMA, 74361
NAICS
325520
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A temporary employee had finished cleaning three chains that ran under a conveyor belt. As the employee was trying to realign a chain, the machine was powered up and the chain moved. The employee suffered a pad amputation to the left index finger, a fracture to the first joint on the left index finger, and a laceration to the middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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