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The AZEK Company, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — WILMINGTON, OHIO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at The AZEK Company, LLC in WILMINGTON, OHIO
Employer The AZEK Company, LLC Report ID 2020065741
Address 2835 Old State Street, Route 73, Building 4 City, State ZIP WILMINGTON, OHIO 45177
Event Date June 19, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Toes(s), toenail(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 333243 Inspection # 1480466
GPS Coordinates 39.39000, -83.92000

Incident Narrative

An employee was clearing a blockage on the exhaust system at start-up while standing on the cooling bath rotor. The fins on the cooling bath roller cut through the employee's steel-toed safety shoe and amputated the right pinky toe. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Incident Summary

On June 19, 2020, a worker at The AZEK Company, LLC in WILMINGTON, OHIO suffered amputations to the toes(s), toenail(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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