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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024010236 · 1/10/2024 · Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co.
Location
2073 North Radenmakers Way, FREMONT, NEBRASKA, 68025
NAICS
332322
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing diagnostics on an automatic elbow machine when the forming piece that runs around in a channel severed the tip of his left middle finger, resulting in an amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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