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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024075890 · 7/1/2024 · Wilson Trailers

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Thumb(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Stamping machinery, presses except printing
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Wilson Trailers
Location
3602 Broadway Street, YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57078
NAICS
333111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a brake press. He was using an offset upper die to break a steel plate at 90 degrees when his left thumb was caught between the upper portion of the die and the part being bent. The employee sustained amputation of the thumb above the second knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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