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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20171211547 · 12/5/2017 · Hilex Poly Co LLC

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, unspecified
Source
Printing machinery and equipment, unspecified

Employer

Name
Hilex Poly Co LLC
Location
600 Old Curtian Road, BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16823
NAICS
326111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was changing a machine's name plate when the employee's fingers became caught in the ingoing nip point between the machine's plate and arch cylinders, partially amputating the index, middle, and ring fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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