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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020021417 · 2/12/2020 · Antaya Technologies Corp.

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, n.e.c.
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Antaya Technologies Corp.
Location
333 Strawberry Field Rd., WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND, 02886
NAICS
336390
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The injured employee was training another employee on a molding machine and observed that the mold needed adjustment. While the injured employee was reaching into the machine, the trainee unknowingly pushed the start button, cycling the machine. The injured employee sustained crushing injuries to the right thumb resulting in amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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