OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001601
SHELLER GLOBE CORPORATION
KEOKUK, IA·
Event description
Employee's fingers amputated by auger
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was feeding rubber into an extruder. As she began to feed in a new p iece, four of her fingers came in contact with the auger at the bottom of the ho pper and were amputated. Employee #1 was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 755
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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