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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023109963 · 10/27/2023 · Watkins Concrete Block Co., Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral

Employer

Name
Watkins Concrete Block Co., Inc.
Location
14306 Giles Rd., OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68138
NAICS
327331
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a concrete mixer. They were manually moving the mixing blade when their left thumb was caught between the blade and the wall of the mixer. Their thumb was amputated from the first knuckle up.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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