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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20241110990 · 11/26/2024 · Pratt Industries, 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
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Machine guards

Employer

Name
Pratt Industries, Inc.
Location
1515 Baker Road, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 45504
NAICS
322211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a press and removed a guard to clean between the rollers. The press turned on and the employee's right hand was pulled into the rollers and crushed up to the wrist. The main power on the press was not locked out at the time of the incident. The employee was hospitalized and his right little and ring fingers were medically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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