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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022065723 · 6/30/2022 · Polychem Dispersions Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Polychem Dispersions Inc
Location
16066 Industrial Parkway, MIDDLEFIELD, OHIO, 44062
NAICS
326299
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was mixing material using a 75-liter tilt mixer bucket containing rotating blades. The bucket tipped forward with its blades still spinning. When he reached in to remove material, they caught his hand and he suffered a hand amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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