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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017109488 · 10/3/2017 · ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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, n.e.c.
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Location
1507 RIVER ROAD, MARIETTA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17547
NAICS
327420
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee opened the hatch to a rotary valve's dust collector and was attempting to inspect it when the valve partially amputated the employee's right index and middle fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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