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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024098149 · 9/3/2024 · Expanded Solutions, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s) and finger(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name
Expanded Solutions, LLC
Location
300 N. Wewoka Avenue, WEWOKA, OKLAHOMA, 74884
NAICS
332119
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a "structure leveler" machine with rollers that flattens expanded metal when their glove became caught in the expanded metal and their hand was pulled into the point of operation. The employee sustained a right hand amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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