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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024043106 · 4/9/2024 · Alta Mine Services, LLC

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
Stamping machinery, presses except printing
Secondary source
Dies, molds, patterns

Employer

Name
Alta Mine Services, LLC
Location
6185 Drouillard Rd, NORTHWOOD, OHIO, 43619
NAICS
811310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On April 9, 2024, an employee was changing out a die on a punch press. As he leaned forward to push the joystick up to raise the die, the press was activated and the dies closed. His left index finger was caught between the dies and he suffered an amputation to the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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