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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024098669 · 9/17/2024 · Yakama Nation Farms

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Upper arm(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Harvesting and threshing machinery corn
Secondary source
Transmissions, gears

Employer

Name
Yakama Nation Farms
Location
8351 McDonald Rd, WAPATO, WASHINGTON, 98951
NAICS
111219
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was cleaning out the belt line on a corn husker machine underneath the gears when their right arm was caught in the gears, resulting in an amputation above the elbow.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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