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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023054656 · 5/25/2023 · ProVia LLC

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 during regular operation
Source
Vacuum cleaners

Employer

Name
ProVia LLC
Location
10190 Ohio 21, STRASBURG, OHIO, 44680
NAICS
321911
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was attaching a vacuum hose manifold to the vacuum unit when suction pulled the employee's left hand into the impeller resulting in amputations to their middle and ring fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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