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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018010905 · 1/27/2018 · Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Extruding machinery
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc.
Location
802 E Huntsville St, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72764
NAICS
562920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a piston-type vacuum pump attached to an extruder machine when his left glove was caught in the cylinder by the internal machine parts, resulting in an amputation to his left index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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