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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024087717 · 8/21/2024 · Rheogistics LLC

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
Machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name
Rheogistics LLC
Location
100 Polymer Drive, PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI, 39466
NAICS
325211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was listening for a noise at a rotating pulley and belt when their right thumb got caught in the pulley and belt. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the tip of their right thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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