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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017076506 · 7/14/2017 · Croda, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name
Croda, Inc.
Location
315 Cherry Lane, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, 19720
NAICS
325199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on and cleaning a conveyor that moves powders up to a reactor when he noticed powder coming out of an elbow on the conveyor's powder tube. As he was checking the powder's consistency, his right index finger pushed through the powder and was caught in the conveyor's belt linkage, amputating his fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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