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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023054183 · 5/9/2023 · Tropichem Research Labs, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Bottling, canning, filling machinery

Employer

Name
Tropichem Research Labs, LLC
Location
15843 Guild Court, JUPITER, FLORIDA, 33478
NAICS
325412
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working in the filling room, filling shampoo bottles, when the automatic filler became jammed with a bottle. As the employee went to fix it, the feeder belt grabbed her hand and amputated two fingertips. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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