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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20241110940 · 11/25/2024 · Bills Volume Sales , Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
Source
Material and personnel handling machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Vehicle, machine frame

Employer

Name
Bills Volume Sales , Inc.
Location
1110 N. Cameron Street, BRUSH, COLORADO, 80723
NAICS
423820
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were working to set a new feed mixer box onto a truck for transport. The injured employee was holding the scale frame as the box was lowered onto the truck chassis. Their left index finger was pinned between the metal pieces of the box resulting in amputation at the distal knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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