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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024054742 · 5/30/2024 · Clearwater Paper Corporation

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
Separating and conversion machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Valves, nozzles

Employer

Name
Clearwater Paper Corporation
Location
5082 HWY 4 N, ARKANSAS CITY, ARKANSAS, 71630
NAICS
322130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing a hard salt cake plug in a rotary dust valve on a precipitator in the utilities department. Their left ring fingertip was amputated by the rotary dust valve.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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