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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 hospitalization · 2024054245 · 5/14/2024 · AIRTEX MANUFACTURING LLLP ENGINEERED AIR

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source
Container caps, lids, covers
Secondary source
Beams, rods, blocks unspecified

Employer

Name
AIRTEX MANUFACTURING LLLP ENGINEERED AIR
Location
32050 W 83RD ST, DE SOTO, KANSAS, 66018
NAICS
333415
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was pushing a 279-pound, 4 feet x 8 feet plenum metal cap when the cap slipped off the block that it was resting on and pinched his right middle finger against the floor. This severed the tip of the finger and he was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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