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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022064966 · 6/9/2022 · Advance Research Chemicals, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Advance Research Chemicals, Inc.
Location
1110 W. Keystone Avenue, CATOOSA, OKLAHOMA, 74015
NAICS
325998
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting a filling machine when their right little finger became caught between the structure of the machine and a moving crossmember. The employee suffered an avulsion that resulted in a partial amputation of bone during a medical procedure.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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