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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018088103 · 8/8/2018 · United Sorbents, 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 during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Winders, unwinders

Employer

Name
United Sorbents, LLC
Location
3250 Commerce St, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77642
NAICS
313230
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was winding rolls of sorbent plastic material when one of the cores became stuck. She hit the core with the palm of her hand as instructed to make it move again. It began rolling and her left hand was caught and crushed in the machine. She suffered bruising and a fracture to the middle finger, a cut to the end of the middle finger that needed stitches, and some bone chipping to the pinky finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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