Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Esschem
Start: 8/14/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025088081 · 8/14/2025 · Esschem

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Fan and turbine parts

Employer

Name: Esschem
Location: 4000 Columbia Avenue, LINWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA, 19061
NAICS: 339114
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam inside a polymer drying machine. The dryer fan caught the employee's hand and amputated three fingers, two above the fingernail and one above the knuckle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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