Amputations are
some of the most serious and debilitating workplace injuries. They
are widespread
and involve a variety of activities and equipment in our industry. From
machinery entanglement, to shearing forces from heavy items. Here is a recent
incident highlighting the hazard of amputation risks.
A worker at (an extrusion plant) lost her hand during an
accident at the (town name omitted) facility on Friday.
(Local) Fire Department responded to the plant about 2:32 p.m.
Friday and found a 38-year-old woman with a hand amputation, said the
lieutenant.
When they arrived, the employee was sitting in a chair. The Fire
Department Lieutenant said EMS provided a tourniquet and gave medicine to
stabilize her.
She was airlifted to a (hospital 140 kilometers away) for
treatment.
(Company name omitted) “is a full-service aluminum extrusion plant
offering 6,000 series extrusions as well as custom fabrication and friction
stir welding solutions to the markets we serve,” according to its website.
We unfortunately don’t know if the worker’s arm was able to be
reattached. All too often they amputated limb can not be reattached. We pray that
all medical and mental health assistance will be provided to this worker. As we
have loved ones with have suffered work related amputations this incident hits
home to us here at the APSB. Every time we shake our loved one’s hand we can’t help
but notice the missing finger. We pray for anyone who has suffered with an
amputation.
We are reaching out to the company for information on what occurred.
We will update this post with any new information. Why? Because we simply want to
prevent a recurrence.
Light Metal Age magazine had an article on this topic. It can be found
here.
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