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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020099126 · 9/25/2020 · Biotics Research Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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 during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Biotics Research Corporation
Location
6801 Biotics Research Drive, ROSENBERG, TEXAS, 77471
NAICS
325412
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a tablet press that presses powdered material to form pills. The powder was not flowing evenly into the machine. The employee was moving excess product back into the feed frames and dies when her left index fingertip and fingernail were amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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