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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20211211167 · 12/30/2021 · Western States Equipment Company
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
- Gates
Employer
- Name
- Western States Equipment Company
- Location
- 500 E. Overland, MERIDIAN, IDAHO, 83642
- NAICS
- 532490
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was helping close an automatic gate. The gate pinched the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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