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Vibration and Shock Technologies

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Amputations — WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Vibration and Shock Technologies in WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer Vibration and Shock Technologies Report ID 2017054444
Address 36 6th Road City, State ZIP WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS 01801
Event Date May 16, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 333298 Inspection # 1234823
GPS Coordinates 42.51000, -71.14000

Incident Narrative

An employee suffered a thumb amputation while testing a shock absorber machine when the machine dropped on his thumb.

Incident Summary

On May 16, 2017, a worker at Vibration and Shock Technologies in WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with special process machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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