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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2025054388 · 5/9/2025 · EcoTech Consumer Products, LLC

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
Extruding machinery
Secondary source
Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name
EcoTech Consumer Products, LLC
Location
1901 E. Borick Dr., FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72701
NAICS
325211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on an extruder machine when it jammed. As he was unjamming it, his glove was pulled into the machine and his right index finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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