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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020066023 · 6/27/2020 · INW Manufacturing / Protec Laboratory

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Bottling, canning, filling machinery

Employer

Name
INW Manufacturing / Protec Laboratory
Location
4300 FM 2225, QUITMAN, TEXAS, 75783
NAICS
541380
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was setting up an assembly line conveyor belt on a fill machine when her right pinky finger was caught between the chain and sprocket, resulting in a finger amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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