Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Cabot Corporation
Start: 5/6/2025

1 amputation · 2025054243 · 5/6/2025 · Cabot Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Cabot Corporation
Location: 272 Cabot Canal Plant Lane, FRANKLIN, LOUISIANA, 70538
NAICS: 335991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in the warehouse helping to troubleshoot a bagging machine. The machine's anvil activated and the employee's left middle finger was crushed by the bottom sealing bar. The fingertip was medically amputated at the last joint.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown