Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Birla Carbon U.S.A., Inc., 370 Columbian Chemicals Lane, CENTERVILLE, LOUISIANA 70522
on , Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the thumb(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was using a metal scoop to pull a product sample from an enclosed conveyor belt. The scoop became caught on the conveyor and the employee's left thumb was pinched between the conveyor housing and the scoop. The distal phalanx of the thumb was amputated.