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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022108779 · 10/5/2022 · DME Manufacturing PA, 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 running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Drills-stationary
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
DME Manufacturing PA, Inc.
Location
1181 Bailor Drive, CURWENSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16833
NAICS
332710
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was setting up a drill press. The press caught his hair, then caught his left glove as he reached to free the hair. The rotating drill tool amputated his ring and middle fingers just below the first knuckles.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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