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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022065085 · 6/13/2022 · Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies/AERT

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
Conveyors-belt
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies/AERT
Location
810 JEFFERSON, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72764
NAICS
321219
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A temporary employee was cleaning debris on a conveyor belt with his left hand when the belt caught his glove and pulled his index finger into the conveyor, resulting in an amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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