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Amputations

1 amputation · 2023109518 · 10/15/2023 · Southwire Company

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
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Southwire Company
Location
2727 Geesling Road, DENTON, TEXAS, 76208
NAICS
331420
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was checking the metering pin alignment when his right index finger was caught between the caster wheel and the tension wheel resulting in a partial amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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