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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016010935 · 1/31/2016 · MISSISSIPPI POLYMERS
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- MISSISSIPPI POLYMERS
- Location
- 2733 SOUTH HARPER ROAD, CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI, 38834
- NAICS
- 326199
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee's right middle and ring fingers were amputated when his hand became trapped between cooling rolls while checking for defects in the web.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown