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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024109672 · 10/17/2024 · Superior Tube Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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
Boring, planing, milling machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name
Superior Tube Company, Inc.
Location
3900 Germantown Pike, COLLEGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19426
NAICS
331210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was tagging a tube, which involved feeding the tube into a rotary hammer-type milling machine. The glove on his left hand was pulled around the tube, resulting in a partial amputation to his left little fingertip and tissue damage to his left ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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