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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022021009 · 2/2/2022 · Dakota Foundry, 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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Dakota Foundry, Inc.
Location
20 Park Lane, WEBSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57274
NAICS
332999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was installing the correct chute onto a sand auger spout. Their index, middle, and ring fingers contacted the moving auger, resulting in amputations of all three distal phalanges.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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