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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021010521 · 1/20/2021 · Poly-America, L.P.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Poly-America, L.P.
Location
2000 W. Marshall Drive, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75051
NAICS
326113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was stacking plastic bags and staging them to lift off a transfer table. When the employee lifted a stack of bags, her right pinky finger was pinched by a transfer belt, resulting in a partial amputation of her fingertip (without bone loss).

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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