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Amputations

1 amputation · 2023065583 · 6/23/2023 · Pipelife Jet Stream, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Mining and drilling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Pipelife Jet Stream, Inc.
Location
1700 S Lincoln Street, SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72761
NAICS
326122
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the pipe machine while waiting for a PVC pipe to come out of another machine. The pipe machine clamped down on his right index finger and crushed it, resulting in a partial amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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