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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024043486 · 4/22/2024 · Priority Plastics

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Other handtools n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Priority Plastics
Location
5861 Tennyson St, ARVADA, COLORADO, 80003
NAICS
326160
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee used an aluminum stick to remove plastic that was jammed in the screw of a machine. The stick got caught in the screw and was pulled into the machine. The machine then contacted the employee's left middle fingertip resulting in surgical amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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