Amputations

Name: Amputations at Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Start: 12/26/2020

1 amputation · 20201212005 · 12/26/2020 · Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Conveyors-chain

Employer

Name: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Location: 2501 E. County Road 34, OLD FORT, OHIO, 44861
NAICS: 325181
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On December 26, 2020, an employee reached under a chain conveyor to get a piece of wood that had splintered from a pallet. The conveyor had been stopped, but it advanced and the employee's left hand was pulled between it and a tension roller. The employee suffered crushing injuries to the hand and amputations to the left middle finger and thumb.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown