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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2025032204 · 3/7/2025 · DFW Plastics, Inc.

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
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Extruding machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
DFW Plastics, Inc.
Location
901 East Industrial Avenue, SAGINAW, TEXAS, 76131
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating an extruder when his hand went into the top opening of the extruder above the blades and his ring and middle fingertips were amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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