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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025032531 · 3/17/2025 · LOREN COOK COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
LOREN COOK COMPANY
Location
2015 E. DALE ST., SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
NAICS
333412
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was loading a piece of round aluminum into a CNC auto-spinning machine. Their left thumb was crushed between the tail block, the aluminum part, and the mandrel. The distal tip of the thumb was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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