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Amputations
1 amputation · 2017099153 · 9/23/2017 · Ticona Polymers, Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- Source
- Valves, nozzles
Employer
- Name
- Ticona Polymers, Inc.
- Location
- 5738 County Rd 4, BISHOP, TEXAS, 78343
- NAICS
- 325211
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee amputated his right middle finger while working in the compounding unit as he was prepping to clean a product tank.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown