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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018032064 · 3/1/2018 · Ajinomoto Windsor, 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
Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source
Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc.
Location
601 Third St., LAMPASAS, TEXAS, 76550
NAICS
311412
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was disassembling a dull extruder machine when the machine's plate crushed the employee's left ring and middle fingers, fracturing one and crushing the bone in the other. Both fingers had to be surgically amputated above the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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