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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024109235 · 10/3/2024 · United Dairy, 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
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Machine guards

Employer

Name
United Dairy, Inc.
Location
300 N. Fifth Street, MARTINS FERRY, OHIO, 43935
NAICS
311511
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was running a blow molding machine and blowing gallon jugs when his right hand was pinched in the machine. He sustained amputation of the ring fingertip and fractures to the middle and little fingers. The machine was guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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