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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2025043457 · 4/14/2025 · HIRSH INDUSTRIES LLC

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
Conveyors unspecified
Secondary source
Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name
HIRSH INDUSTRIES LLC
Location
1525 McKee Road, DOVER, DELAWARE, 19904
NAICS
332999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on a mobile exit conveyor. He was stacking bottoms. He went to unjam a drawer bottom and his glove got caught in a sprocket, resulting in the amputation of his right middle fingertip and an open displaced fracture of the right ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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