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Tropichem Research Labs, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — JUPITER, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Tropichem Research Labs, LLC in JUPITER, FLORIDA
Employer Tropichem Research Labs, LLC Report ID 2023054183
Address 15843 Guild Court City, State ZIP JUPITER, FLORIDA 33478
Event Date May 9, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Bottling, canning, filling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 325412 Inspection # 1670384
GPS Coordinates 26.91000, -80.27000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working in the filling room, filling shampoo bottles, when the automatic filler became jammed with a bottle. As the employee went to fix it, the feeder belt grabbed her hand and amputated two fingertips. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Incident Summary

On May 9, 2023, a worker at Tropichem Research Labs, LLC in JUPITER, FLORIDA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with bottling, canning, filling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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