OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221408230

CYTEC ENGINEERED MATERIALS, INC.

GREENVILLE, TX· 2021-08-26T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Plastic Mfg, Power Roller, Production Line, Roller--Mach/Part, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 325211
Inspection type: Complaint
Activity number: #345618037
Employer profile: CYTEC ENGINEERED MATERIALS, INC.
Summary number: 221408230
Report ID: 0626300

Event description

Employee amputates thumb tip caught in tape machine roller

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 a.m. on August 26, 2021, an employee working for a specialty chemicals manufacturer was operating a 50-inch tape machine flattening material. The employee caught his right thumb in a roller. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated thumb tip.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M

Event type
2

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