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Diamond Materials LLC

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Diamond Materials LLC in WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
Employer Diamond Materials LLC Report ID 2018066428
Address Foulk Road, Unspecified location City, State ZIP WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19802
Event Date June 27, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Parts and materials, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 238110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 39.80000, -75.51000

Incident Narrative

An employee was disconnecting a breaker attachment from a backhoe. He used another pin to push the attachment pin out. When the attachment pin became free of the backhoe, the attachment dropped slightly, causing the pin in his hand to shift and pinch his left pinky finger between the attachment frame and the pin. His left pinky fingertip was partially amputated.

Incident Summary

On June 27, 2018, a worker at Diamond Materials LLC in WILMINGTON, DELAWARE suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with machine and appliance parts, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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