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Edgewell Personal Care, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — MILFORD, CONNECTICUT

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Edgewell Personal Care, LLC in MILFORD, CONNECTICUT
Employer Edgewell Personal Care, LLC Report ID 2020087670
Address 10 Leighton Road City, State ZIP MILFORD, CONNECTICUT 06460
Event Date August 13, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 332212 Inspection # 1492678
GPS Coordinates 41.23000, -73.03000

Incident Narrative

An employee was conducting maintenance on a molding tool when it kicked out, causing a partial amputation to the employee's finger.

Incident Summary

On August 13, 2020, a worker at Edgewell Personal Care, LLC in MILFORD, CONNECTICUT suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. 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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