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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023032826 · 3/30/2023 · GateHouse Media Kansas Holdings II, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
GateHouse Media Kansas Holdings II, Inc.
Location
300 West 2nd Avenue, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, 67501
NAICS
511110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was picking up newspapers that fell from a machine that carried the papers from one side of the facility to the other. The employee's right index finger was caught in a vent hole on the machine's motor guard, and was partially amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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