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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
1 amputation · 20241110469 · 11/9/2024 · MMP of Merrill, 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
- Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- Source
- Welding machinery
- Secondary source
- Secondary source not applicable
Employer
- Name
- MMP of Merrill, Inc.
- Location
- 905 South State Street, MERRILL, WISCONSIN, 54452
- NAICS
- 332116
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was clearing a jam in the spot welder when the machine activated and crushed their right thumb, resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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