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·Summary #221351414

Amputated,Amputation,Blade,Caught By,Cutter,Hand Control,Instantaneous amputation,Machine operator,Material Handling,Mech Mat Handling,Packaging,Packaging Machine,Packaging Machinery,Partial Amputation,Point Of Operation,Start Button,Thumb,Traumatic Amputation

EventAmputated,Amputation,Blade,Caught By,Cutter,Hand Control,Instantaneous amputation,Machine operator,Material Handling,Mech Mat Handling,Packaging,Packaging Machine,Packaging Machinery,Partial Amputation,Point Of Operation,Start Button,Thumb,Traumatic Amputation Victims1

Employee adjusting machine suffers partial thumb amputation
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·Summary #221346927

Amputated,Amputation,Broken Bone,Engineering Controls,Finger,Flooring ,Foot Control,Foot pedal,Fracture,Instantaneous amputation,Lack of Engineering Controls,Machine Cycled,Machine Guarding,Partial Amputation,Safety Device,Saw,Sawblade,Sawyer,Struck Against,Struck By,Wood

EventAmputated,Amputation,Broken Bone,Engineering Controls,Finger,Flooring ,Foot Control,Foot pedal,Fracture,Instantaneous amputation,Lack of Engineering Controls,Machine Cycled,Machine Guarding,Partial Amputation,Safety Device,Saw,Sawblade,Sawyer,Struck Against,Struck By,Wood Victims1

Employee's fingers are amputated when pop-up saw blade rises
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·Summary #221343650

Abrasion,Back,Broken Bone,Climbing on Ladder,Contusion,Elderly,Fall,Fall From Elevation,Fall Protection,Foot,Fracture,Lack of Work Procedures,Ladder,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Slip,Slippery Surface,Training,Work at Elevation

EventAbrasion,Back,Broken Bone,Climbing on Ladder,Contusion,Elderly,Fall,Fall From Elevation,Fall Protection,Foot,Fracture,Lack of Work Procedures,Ladder,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Slip,Slippery Surface,Training,Work at Elevation Victims1

Employees falls and suffers fractures when ladder slips
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·Summary #221343361

Amputated,Amputation,Blade,Clearing,Finger,Fingertip,Hand,Instantaneous amputation,Jammed,Kiln,Lack of Work Procedures,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Maintenance,Obstructed View,Reach,Reaching,Rotating Parts,Sawdust,Sawmill,Struck Against,Traumatic Amputation

EventAmputated,Amputation,Blade,Clearing,Finger,Fingertip,Hand,Instantaneous amputation,Jammed,Kiln,Lack of Work Procedures,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Maintenance,Obstructed View,Reach,Reaching,Rotating Parts,Sawdust,Sawmill,Struck Against,Traumatic Amputation Victims1

Millwright's fingertip is amputated while clearing jam
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·Summary #221343056

Abrasive Wheel,Disintegrated,Eye,Eye protection,Flying Object,Goggles,Grinder,Hand Tool,Inappropriate Equipment,Lack of Work Procedures,Mistake By Coworker,Obstructed View,Struck By,Work Rules

EventAbrasive Wheel,Disintegrated,Eye,Eye protection,Flying Object,Goggles,Grinder,Hand Tool,Inappropriate Equipment,Lack of Work Procedures,Mistake By Coworker,Obstructed View,Struck By,Work Rules Victims1

Employee injures eye when struck by flying cutoff disk
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·Summary #221409881

Auger,Auger Mechanism,Blade,Cleaning,Fall,Fall From Elevation,Foot,Inexperience,Infection,Insufficient Supervision,Laceration,Lack of Work Procedures,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Sanitation,Slip,Slippery Surface,Staffing Agency,Stitches,Supervision,Tagout,Temporary,Temporary Employment Agency,Temporary Worker,Unsafe Position

EventAuger,Auger Mechanism,Blade,Cleaning,Fall,Fall From Elevation,Foot,Inexperience,Infection,Insufficient Supervision,Laceration,Lack of Work Procedures,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Sanitation,Slip,Slippery Surface,Staffing Agency,Stitches,Supervision,Tagout,Temporary,Temporary Employment Agency,Temporary Worker,Unsafe Position Victims1

Laceration on employee's foot becomes infected
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·Summary #221379324

Amputated,Amputation,Blade,Caught By,Engineering Controls,Hand,Lack of Engineering Controls,Machine Guarding,Point Of Operation,Rotating Parts,Sheet Metal,Table Saw,Thumb,Unguarded,Wood

EventAmputated,Amputation,Blade,Caught By,Engineering Controls,Hand,Lack of Engineering Controls,Machine Guarding,Point Of Operation,Rotating Parts,Sheet Metal,Table Saw,Thumb,Unguarded,Wood Victims1

Employee's thumb is caught by table blade and amputated
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·Summary #221375280

Amputated,Amputation,Broken Cable,Cable,Competent Person,Crane,Crushed,Dock,Dock Worker,Equipment Approval,Equipment Failure,Falling Object,Foot,Inadequate Maint,Inspection,Instantaneous amputation,Leg,Longshoring,Material Handling,Mech Mat Handling,Ship,Struck By,Traumatic Amputation,Unstable Load

EventAmputated,Amputation,Broken Cable,Cable,Competent Person,Crane,Crushed,Dock,Dock Worker,Equipment Approval,Equipment Failure,Falling Object,Foot,Inadequate Maint,Inspection,Instantaneous amputation,Leg,Longshoring,Material Handling,Mech Mat Handling,Ship,Struck By,Traumatic Amputation,Unstable Load Victims1

Stevedore suffers amputation to foot when load drops from cr
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·Summary #221371602

Amputation,Automotive Repair,Caught Between,Crushed,Delivery Work,Fingertip,Liftgate,Manual Mat Handling,Material Handling,Pallet,Pinned,Slid,Surgical Amputation,Truck,Unsecured,Unstable Load

EventAmputation,Automotive Repair,Caught Between,Crushed,Delivery Work,Fingertip,Liftgate,Manual Mat Handling,Material Handling,Pallet,Pinned,Slid,Surgical Amputation,Truck,Unsecured,Unstable Load Victims1

Employee's fingertip is pinned when heavy pallet is set down
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·Summary #221363229

Changing,Die,Engineering Controls,Flying Object,Food processing,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lack of Work Procedures,Lung,Maintenance,Shrapnel,Sledgehammer ,Spleen,Struck By,Torso,Unsafe Position,Work Rules

EventChanging,Die,Engineering Controls,Flying Object,Food processing,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lack of Work Procedures,Lung,Maintenance,Shrapnel,Sledgehammer ,Spleen,Struck By,Torso,Unsafe Position,Work Rules Victims1

Employee changing die in pellet mill ruptures spleen when st
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·Summary #221362734

Abrasion,Arm,Avulsion,Belt,Belt Conveyor,Burn,Caught Between,Caught In,Contusion,Conveyor Belt,Degloving,Elbow,Lack of Work Procedures,Machine Guarding,Material Handling,Mech Mat Handling,Nip Point,Skin,Unguarded,Unsafe Position

EventAbrasion,Arm,Avulsion,Belt,Belt Conveyor,Burn,Caught Between,Caught In,Contusion,Conveyor Belt,Degloving,Elbow,Lack of Work Procedures,Machine Guarding,Material Handling,Mech Mat Handling,Nip Point,Skin,Unguarded,Unsafe Position Victims1

Employee incurs abrasion and burns when arm is caught in nip
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·Summary #221357957

Amputated,Amputation,Caught Between,Crushed,Glove,Hand,Hand Tool,Lack of Work Procedures,Maintenance,Manual Mat Handling,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,PPE,Protective Clothing,Removal,Removing,Roller--Mach/Part,Severed,Surgical Amputation,Thumb,Work Rules

EventAmputated,Amputation,Caught Between,Crushed,Glove,Hand,Hand Tool,Lack of Work Procedures,Maintenance,Manual Mat Handling,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,PPE,Protective Clothing,Removal,Removing,Roller--Mach/Part,Severed,Surgical Amputation,Thumb,Work Rules Victims1

Employee's thumb is crushed and partially severed when caugh
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·Summary #221356843

Agriculture,Arm,Back,Catwalk,Contusion,Descending Ladder,Fall,Fall From Elevation,Farm worker,Food processing,Laborer,Ladder,Leg,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Multi-employer Worksite,Multiemployer,Storage Tank,Temporary,Temporary Employment Agency,Temporary Worker,Work at Elevation

EventAgriculture,Arm,Back,Catwalk,Contusion,Descending Ladder,Fall,Fall From Elevation,Farm worker,Food processing,Laborer,Ladder,Leg,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Multi-employer Worksite,Multiemployer,Storage Tank,Temporary,Temporary Employment Agency,Temporary Worker,Work at Elevation Victims1

Laborer loses step and falls while descending ladder and inc
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