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Amputations involving bone loss
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20241211298 · 12/7/2024 · Douglas Machines Corp.
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
- Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
- Source
- Shearing machinery
- Secondary source
- Machine guards
Employer
- Name
- Douglas Machines Corp.
- Location
- 4500 110th Ave. N, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33762
- NAICS
- 333319
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was feeding stainless steel into a shear when the shear amputated four of their fingers. The machine was not guarded.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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