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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2017054742 · 5/25/2017 · Multi-Plastics Extrusions, Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Multi-Plastics Extrusions, Incorporated
Location
600 Dietrich Avenue, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18201
NAICS
326113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a large screwdriver to clean hot plastic from the stationary cutting head of an operating repellitizer when the employee's right hand slipped and struck the cutting head blades, severing two tendons and lacerating the hand.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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