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Amputations involving bone loss
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024043543 · 4/24/2024 · Spears Manufacturing Co.
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
- Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
- Source
- Stationary saws band
- Secondary source
- Pipes and tubes plastic, PVC, rubber
Employer
- Name
- Spears Manufacturing Co.
- Location
- 2152 S Lincoln Ave, JEROME, IDAHO, 83338
- NAICS
- 326122
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was feeding a PVC pipe into a band saw when the pipe shattered and their hand contacted the saw blade. Four fingers were amputated.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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