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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022054304 · 5/17/2022 · Freeway Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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, unspecified
Source
Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Freeway Corporation
Location
9301 Allen Dr., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44125
NAICS
332722
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On May 17, 2022, an employee was loading a steel coil onto the coil reel on a stamping press. Because the coil's inside diameter was slightly larger than ordered and the reel expanders would not open wide enough to hold the coil, steel blocks were being used to take up the space. The employee was holding the blocks in place while another employee operated the controls to widen the expanders. As the expanders widened, a block slipped off the expander and pinched the employee's thumb and index finger, causing partial amputations to both.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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