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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022053783 · 5/2/2022 · SKF USA, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source
Metalworking lathes
Secondary source
Wrenches-nonpowered

Employer

Name
SKF USA, Inc.
Location
149 Colebrook River Road, WINSTED, CONNECTICUT, 06098
NAICS
332991
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On May 2, 2022, an employee was aligning a fixture on the rotating work table of a vertical turret lathe when his wrench slipped and his hand contacted a steel cable. The employee sustained a partial amputation to a finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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