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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024032802 · 3/29/2024 · Prysmian Group Specialty Cables LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Other metal, wood, and special material machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Prysmian Group Specialty Cables LLC
Location
656 Joseph E. Warner Blvd., TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02780
NAICS
335921
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the gear pump in the front of the compound mixing machine when his left hand was caught in the turning gears causing an amputation to his left index finger below the fingernail at the distal phalange.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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