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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017021211 · 2/7/2017 · Mold Rite Plastics

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Mold Rite Plastics
Location
1 Plant Street, PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK, 12901
NAICS
326121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on a locked-out machine, which had a chain with slack. He then unlocked the machine and activated it. He was tapping the machine to see if it would speed up when his left distal finger was caught and partially amputated by the chain and sprocket.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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