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Amputations

1 amputation · 2023109620 · 10/18/2023 · Kingsford Manufacturing Company

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Kingsford Manufacturing Company
Location
180 Kingsford Lane, PARSONS, WEST VIRGINIA, 26287
NAICS
325998
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was starting his shift and making adjustments to the chain tension of a heat tunnel machine. The employee was checking the tension when the rotating chain amputated his right index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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