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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023076385 · 7/18/2023 · Plastic Materials Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Plastic Materials Inc
Location
775 EAST HIGHLAND RD., MACEDONIA, OHIO, 44056
NAICS
325211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a pelletizer machine. As he tested a strand, the machine pulled the employee's hand in, resulting in partial amputations to the little and ring fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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