Amputations

Name: Amputations at Polymer Alliance Services, LLC.
Start: 2/6/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019021361 · 2/6/2019 · Polymer Alliance Services, LLC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Polymer Alliance Services, LLC.
Location: 117 Warehouse Drive, WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26181
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At about 8:45 p.m. on February 6, 2019, an employee was operating a blow bagger. The employee noticed that the blender, which is operated in close proximity to the bagger, no longer had material flowing from the valve. The employee was investigating this issue and amputated his left hand in the rotating blade in the valve.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown