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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20161110504 · 11/8/2016 · Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- Source
- Machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas
- Location
- 201 Formosa Drive, POINT COMFORT, TEXAS, 77978
- NAICS
- 325211
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cleaning an auger when he dropped a tool in the machine. The moving auger amputated his finger as he attempted to retrieve the tool.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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