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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024021153 · 2/6/2024 · Quality Creative Cutting

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Boring, reaming, routing, notching machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Quality Creative Cutting
Location
556 Martin Road SW Building 9, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35824
NAICS
238910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a core drill machine. The machine's shaft caught his left little finger, amputating it past the second knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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