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Amputations
1 amputation · 2016098290 · 9/1/2016 · PPG Industries
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- 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
- Extruding machinery
Employer
- Name
- PPG Industries
- Location
- 3333 North Insterstate, GAINESVILLE, TEXAS, 76240
- NAICS
- 325510
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cleaning PVC purge from the barrel of an extruder and amputated a half inch of his left index finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown