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Polymer Alliance Services, LLC.

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. — Amputations — WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Polymer Alliance Services, LLC. in WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
Employer Polymer Alliance Services, LLC. Report ID 2019021361
Address 117 Warehouse Drive City, State ZIP WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA 26181
Event Date February 6, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Hand(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. Source of Injury Special process machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 423930 Inspection # 1377422
GPS Coordinates 39.24000, -81.68000

Incident Narrative

At about 8:45 p.m. on February 6, 2019, an employee was operating a blow bagger. The employee noticed that the blender, which is operated in close proximity to the bagger, no longer had material flowing from the valve. The employee was investigating this issue and amputated his left hand in the rotating blade in the valve.

Incident Summary

On February 6, 2019, a worker at Polymer Alliance Services, LLC. in WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA suffered amputations to the hand(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c., with special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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