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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022053811 · 5/3/2022 · The Tapco Tube Company

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
The Tapco Tube Company
Location
10748 S. Water Street Extension, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
NAICS
331210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on a tube mill. This machine rolls a metal sheet/strip, welds it, and ejects it as a tube. While inspecting a finished tube for defects, the employee's glove got caught between the tube and the roller resulting in amputation of his right little fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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