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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024076638 · 7/22/2024 · Aluma-Weld, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Other metal, wood, and special material machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Rollers, cylinders

Employer

Name
Aluma-Weld, Inc.
Location
199 Extrusion Place, HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 71901
NAICS
336612
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The injured employee was helping another employee position an aluminum coil onto rollers to spool the sheets onto a table to be cut by a computerized plasma torch. The injured employee's right hand was pulled under the roll and the underside of all their right-hand fingers sustained lacerations and contusions. The little fingertip was amputated and the employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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