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Amputations
1 amputation · 2020021823 · 2/25/2020 · TEKNI-PLEX, INC.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Fingertip(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- TEKNI-PLEX, INC.
- Location
- 252 Hosea Rd., LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, 30046
- NAICS
- 326140
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was operating the former machine and crushed three fingers on their right hand. Two fingertips were amputated.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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