Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Polymer Alliance Services, LLC., 117 Warehouse Drive, WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA 26181
on — Amputations, affecting the hand(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
At about 8:45 p.m. on February 6, 2019, an employee was operating a blow bagger. The employee noticed that the blender, which is operated in close proximity to the bagger, no longer had material flowing from the valve. The employee was investigating this issue and amputated his left hand in the rotating blade in the valve.
HospitalizedAmputationHand(s), n.e.c.Special process machinery, unspecified
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