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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020010834 · 1/25/2020 · POLYPLEX AMERICA HOLDINGS INC
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- Source
- Grinders, abraders
Employer
- Name
- POLYPLEX AMERICA HOLDINGS INC
- Location
- 3001 Mallard Fox Drive NW, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- NAICS
- 326199
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cleaning an offline grinding machine when its blade amputated his left middle finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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