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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024076019 · 7/4/2024 · The Ziegenfelder Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment unspecified
Source
Machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name
The Ziegenfelder Company, Inc.
Location
87 18th St., WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, 26003
NAICS
311520
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing plastic wrap from a machine with the machine propped open, when the knife descended and cut their right thumb tip and index finger. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery and a medical amputation to the thumb tip and index finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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