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Sunnen Products Company

Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds — SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Sunnen Products Company in SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
Employer Sunnen Products Company Report ID 2015085433
Address 7910 Manchester Road City, State ZIP SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63143
Event Date August 4, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. Source of Injury Metal chips, particles
Secondary Source Metalworking lathes
Industry (NAICS) 333518 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 38.61000, -90.33000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a lathe on 08/04/2015 when he got some of the shavings in his fingers. He attempted to remove the shavings himself. His finger became infected.

Incident Summary

On August 4, 2015, a worker at Sunnen Products Company in SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI suffered puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c., with metal chips, particles identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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