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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181213259 · 12/29/2018 · Twin Rivers Paper Company 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 regular operation
Source
Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Twin Rivers Paper Company LLC
Location
82 Bridge Avenue, MADAWASKA, MAINE, 04756
NAICS
424110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping others tuck a new sheet onto a re-reeling machine spool. His right hand got caught in the spool, and the machine pinched his middle, ring, and little fingers. He was hospitalized and his little finger was surgically removed just above the nail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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