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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20201110787 · 11/13/2020 · OCI Alabama LLC

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
Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
OCI Alabama LLC
Location
1455 Red Hat Rd., DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
NAICS
325180
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employees were trying to start a reactor arm. One of them was trying to adjust a three-groove V-belt that was turning in the pulley but was not in the proper grooves. The employee's left glove was caught and pulled into the pulley grooves, and two of his fingers were amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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