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Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024032146 · 3/8/2024 · Price Industries, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Welding machinery
Secondary source
Clamps, couplings

Employer

Name
Price Industries, Inc.
Location
2975 Shawnee Ridge Ct NW, SUWANEE, GEORGIA, 30024
NAICS
332322
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was positioning metal frame parts on a projection welder workstation when their right index fingertip was pinched by a pneumatic clamp. The employee sustained partial amputation of the finger without loss of bone, and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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