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DuPont

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — PRYOR, OKLAHOMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at DuPont in PRYOR, OKLAHOMA
Employer DuPont Report ID 2017065598
Address 5532 Hunt Street, Mid-America Industrial Park City, State ZIP PRYOR, OKLAHOMA 74361
Event Date June 19, 2017 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311224 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 36.24000, -95.28000

Incident Narrative

An employee and coworkers performed lockout/tagout procedures on a dryer rotary feed to clear a clogged plug. The employees cleared the plug and began to run the dryer, but the plug had not been placed back into the dryer. The injured employee was pointing to the rotary feed to remind the lead person to put the plug back in when the rotary feed amputated his right index finger from the fingertip to the bottom of the nailbed.

Incident Summary

On June 19, 2017, a worker at DuPont in PRYOR, OKLAHOMA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with special process machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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