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Amputations
1 amputation · 2018065366 · 6/2/2018 · Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, 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 during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Valves, nozzles
Employer
- Name
- Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc.
- Location
- 48 Morningstar Road, HOULTON, MAINE, 04730
- NAICS
- 311999
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was performing maintenance on a rotary star valve when the valve actuated and amputated the employee's left thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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