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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024054444 · 5/21/2024 · American Flooring, 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 unspecified
Source
Machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
American Flooring, LLC
Location
180 Independence Drive, PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18640
NAICS
321918
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was stopping a pallet of top slabs on a conveyor belt when their left hand became caught between the pallet and the frame of the lamination pallet elevator. They sustained amputation of their index finger and thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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