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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024065776 · 6/27/2024 · Carborundum Grinding Wheel Company

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
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Stamping machinery, presses except printing
Secondary source
Machine guards

Employer

Name
Carborundum Grinding Wheel Company
Location
1011 East Front Street, LOGAN, OHIO, 43138
NAICS
333515
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating an unguarded hydraulic press. When the employee placed his hand inside the press to remove one of the molds, the employee's fingers on his right hand were caught between the mold and the top plate of the press. The employee was hospitalized, and four fingers were surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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