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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20201110860 · 11/16/2020 · Birla Carbon

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Birla Carbon
Location
370 COLUMBIAN CHEMICALS LANE, CENTERVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70522
NAICS
325182
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing a damaged boiler door using a chain hoist. The door slipped off the hinge and pinned the employee's left thumb, crushing and partially amputating the tip. The employee was hospitalized and another part of the thumb was surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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