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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020065741 · 6/19/2020 · The AZEK Company, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Toes(s), toenail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
The AZEK Company, LLC
Location
2835 Old State Street, Route 73, WILMINGTON, OHIO, 45177
NAICS
333243
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a blockage on the exhaust system at start-up while standing on the cooling bath rotor. The fins on the cooling bath roller cut through the employee's steel-toed safety shoe and amputated the right pinky toe. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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