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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017087553 · 8/8/2017 · Lubrication Technologies Inc

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 regular operation
Source
Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Lubrication Technologies Inc
Location
7699 W Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71129
NAICS
324191
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

While making an adjustment to a pouch manufacturing machine, an employee had his left thumb pinched by the machine's cutting blades resulting in partial amputation of the thumb. At the time the interlocked door had been bypassed.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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