Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Advanced Composites, Inc., 1062 Fourth Ave., SIDNEY, OHIO 45365
on , Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was working inside a silo room. As they went to clear plastic material (pellets) from the machine, they contacted the rotary valve at the bottom of the silo, resulting in the amputation of their left middle and ring fingers. The machine was not guarded and not locked out at the time.