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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015010713 · 1/22/2015 · Mead Westvaco Cottonton Mill
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Fingertip(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Overhead hoists, unspecified
- Secondary source
- Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
Employer
- Name
- Mead Westvaco Cottonton Mill
- Location
- 145 Hwy 165 South, COTTONTON, ALABAMA, 36851
- NAICS
- 321113
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was operating an overhead hoist and got his finger caught in the hook. The tip of his finger was amputated.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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