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LM Wind Power Blades (ND), Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at LM Wind Power Blades (ND), Inc. in GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA
Employer LM Wind Power Blades (ND), Inc. Report ID 2019021243
Address 1580 South 48th Street City, State ZIP GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58206
Event Date February 4, 2019 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) 333611 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 47.90000, -97.10000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning out glass fibers in a small channel that houses a cutting blade on a cutting machine and suffered a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On February 4, 2019, a worker at LM Wind Power Blades (ND), Inc. in GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 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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