Amputations

Name: Amputations at Alpla, Inc.
Start: 7/22/2016

1 amputation · 2016076691 · 7/22/2016 · Alpla, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Alpla, Inc.
Location: 9 Cermak Blvd., SAINT PETERS, MISSOURI, 63376
NAICS: 326160
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While cleaning the interior of a regrind tank an employee sustained a right ring finger amputation and a partial middle finger amputation. The rotating valves were not guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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