Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sinergy Elastomers Inc, 400 North Main Street Northwest, ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA 30103
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
On December 9, 2024, an employee was cleaning out a mixtruder. While he was retrieving some residual pieces of silicone left inside, its rotating blades caught the fingers of his right hand resulting in amputation of all four fingers. The thumb was left intact.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Extruding machinery
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