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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181010978 · 10/24/2018 · Biltrite Ripley Operations, LLC
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Arm(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- Source
- Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Biltrite Ripley Operations, LLC
- Location
- 16310 Hwy 15 N., RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI, 38663
- NAICS
- 326299
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was trying to clear rubber from a mixer when the door came down and crushed the employee's left arm. The arm was surgically amputated.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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