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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2025043875 · 4/25/2025 · Meteor Sealing Systems, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Thumb(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Extruding machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Meteor Sealing Systems, LLC
Location
400 S. Tuscarawas Avenue, DOVER, OHIO, 44622
NAICS
326291
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was clearing jammed material from an extruder machine. The employee reached their left hand through the unguarded opening between the extruder machine and the conveyor belt to manually dislodge the jam and contacted the moving chain and sprockets, resulting in an amputation to the left thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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