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Amputations
1 hospitalization · 2023043430 · 4/17/2023 · Kamps Pallets, Inc. Walker
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Kamps Pallets, Inc. Walker
- Location
- 15 Sprague Rd, SOUTH CHARLESTON, OHIO, 45368
- NAICS
- 321920
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was clearing a clog from an auger. The auger caught the employee's right hand, pinched it, and caused the partial amputation of the thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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