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ANDRITZ SEPARATION, INC.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at ANDRITZ SEPARATION, INC. in BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO
Employer ANDRITZ SEPARATION, INC. Report ID 20161110332
Address Upper Blue Sanitation District, 59 CR 1 City, State ZIP BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO 80424
Event Date November 2, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Secondary Source Cranes, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 333999 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 39.50000, -106.04000

Incident Narrative

An employee was lifting a piece of machinery with a crane when the load slipped and his left index finger was pinched between the beam on the crane and the load. He was hospitalized and his left index fingertip was amputated.

Incident Summary

On November 2, 2016, a worker at ANDRITZ SEPARATION, INC. in BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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