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Amputations

1 amputation · 2023043788 · 4/27/2023 · Deeter Foundry 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, unspecified
Source
Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Deeter Foundry Inc
Location
5945 N 70th Street, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68507
NAICS
331511
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working in the cooling line area. He was picking up a clamp that had fallen between two rails when his hand was caught between a cart and the hydraulic mechanism that pulls the carts. His middle finger sustained an avulsion and was surgically amputated at the hospital.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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