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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024109366 · 10/7/2024 · GA Welding and Demolition

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Boring, planing, milling machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
GA Welding and Demolition
Location
906 Edison Street, BRUSH, COLORADO, 80723
NAICS
333992
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cutting a metal plate with a mill machine and making adjustments to the plate when his right index finger was crushed between the machine and the guard. The employee sustained an amputation of the finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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