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Amputations involving bone loss
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024054783 · 5/31/2024 · LINCOLN ELECTRIC 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
- Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- Source
- Cleaning machinery, appliances n.e.c.
- Secondary source
- Valves, nozzles
Employer
- Name
- LINCOLN ELECTRIC CO.
- Location
- 6500 HEISLEY ROAD, MENTOR, OHIO, 44060
- NAICS
- 335311
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was working on a point source dust collection system when the rotary valve amputated fingers and the thumb from their right hand.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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