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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017088273 · 8/28/2017 · Modern Plastics Recovery, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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, unspecified
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Modern Plastics Recovery, Inc.
Location
113 W. Main St., HAVILAND, OHIO, 45851
NAICS
562920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was clearing plastic from a rotary airlock when the employee's first right finger was caught and partially amputated in the airlock.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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