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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024087166 · 8/6/2024 · ESSMetron

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Thumb(s)
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
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
ESSMetron
Location
1505 West 3rd Ave., DENVER, COLORADO, 80223
NAICS
335311
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was completing multiple bends on a piece of galvanized steel (~3-4 feet long and 5-inches wide) using a brake press when their thumb was caught between the steel and the ram/punch and die of the brake press. The employee sustained an amputation of their right thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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