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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024065775 · 6/27/2024 · True Manufacturing Company

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 other falling object n.e.c.
Source
Power, mechanical, and special process parts n.e.c.
Secondary source
Hoists, lifts overhead, cable

Employer

Name
True Manufacturing Company
Location
2001 East Terra Lane, O FALLON, MISSOURI, 63366
NAICS
423740
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was fabricating an evaporator fixture. The fixture was sitting on a table and the employee was utilizing a hoist and chain sling hooks to elevate one side of the fixture into position to weld a piece on it. The hoist moved slightly on the bridge trolley, creating slack in the chain that caused one of the legs of the sling to come out of the square tubing. The evaporator fixture came down onto the employee's right ring finger, pinning it against the table. The employee's finger was partially amputated and was later surgically amputated above the knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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