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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2025032137 · 3/5/2025 · Performance Plastics, LTD

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Other miscellaneous machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Fan and turbine parts

Employer

Name
Performance Plastics, LTD
Location
4435 Brownway Ave., CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45209
NAICS
334613
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a hopper filter when their index finger contacted the fan blade of the vacuum loader motor. The employee sustained an amputation of the first knuckle of the finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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