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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024054087 · 5/9/2024 · Viking Fabrication Services LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name
Viking Fabrication Services LLC
Location
12360 E 46th Ave Suite 400, DENVER, COLORADO, 80239
NAICS
333999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a pipe groover machine to roll a groove at the end of a 10-foot-long steel pipe. Their gloved left index finger was caught between the pipe and the adjustable pipe guard, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation through the distal phalanx.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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