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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020087286 · 8/3/2020 · The Euclid Chemical Company
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- Source
- Nonclassifiable
Employer
- Name
- The Euclid Chemical Company
- Location
- 3361 N. HWY 27, LA FAYETTE, GEORGIA, 30728
- NAICS
- 327390
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
The injured employee was assisting an extruder line operator when the synthetic fibers wound tightly around his left thumb and amputated it.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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