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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016010765 · 1/26/2016 · Saris Cycling Group

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Bending, crimping machines

Employer

Name
Saris Cycling Group
Location
5253 Verona Road, FITCHBURG, WISCONSIN, 53711
NAICS
336991
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee placed a carbon steel tube into a hydraulic tube bender and was activating the bar clamps to hold the tube in place when the second clamp crushed and amputated three left-hand fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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