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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022076257 · 7/18/2022 · American Tent LLC

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
Drills-stationary
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
American Tent LLC
Location
2350 E Mason St, GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, 54302
NAICS
314910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee had just drilled a hole in an aluminum tent pole. When the employee reached around the chip guard to remove the pole from the jig, the drill bit caught the employee's glove. The employee's right ring finger was lacerated and dislocated, and was amputated at the second knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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