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Sarasota Medical Products, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — SARASOTA, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Sarasota Medical Products, Inc. in SARASOTA, FLORIDA
Employer Sarasota Medical Products, Inc. Report ID 2017098891
Address 1451 Sarasota Center Blvd. City, State ZIP SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34240
Event Date September 16, 2017 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 339112 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 27.35000, -82.40000

Incident Narrative

An employee was manually placing components to be heat welded to film when the employee noticed that the film was sticking to the front of the hole cutter. As the employee was attempting to remove the sticking film, the cutter activated and amputated the right middle fingertip.

Incident Summary

On September 16, 2017, a worker at Sarasota Medical Products, Inc. in SARASOTA, FLORIDA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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