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Amputations

1 amputation · 20231211089 · 12/4/2023 · United Pulse Trading, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
United Pulse Trading, Inc.
Location
625 42nd Street NE, MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA, 58701
NAICS
424590
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was monitoring the milling process when the flexible sock fell off a sifting machine. The employee put it back on and when he pulled his hand out, his right index finger was cut by a metal edge on the machine. The employee's right index finger was amputated. The machine was running at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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