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EDCO Engineering

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment — Amputations — NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at EDCO Engineering in NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT
Employer EDCO Engineering Report ID 2015021391
Address 100 Rockwell Road City, State ZIP NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT 06111
Event Date February 13, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment Source of Injury Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 332721 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.66000, -72.73000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating an automatic cutoff saw and suffered an amputation of the tip of the right middle finger above the nail bed.

Incident Summary

On February 13, 2015, a worker at EDCO Engineering in NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as struck against moving part of machinery or equipment, with sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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