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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024043504 · 4/22/2024 · Merrill Tool and Water Jet, LLC

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
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Stationary sawing machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Merrill Tool and Water Jet, LLC
Location
202 South Thomas Street, MERRILL, WISCONSIN, 54452
NAICS
333999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning metal chips from a saw enclosure using a wet/dry vacuum when their right hand made contact with the rotating blade, resulting in the amputation of the index and middle fingers to the most proximal knuckle to the hand.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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