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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015010900 · 1/28/2015 · Country Club of Mobile, The

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Spreading machinery-agricultural

Employer

Name
Country Club of Mobile, The
Location
4101 WIMBLEDON DRIVE WEST, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36608
NAICS
713910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee in the lawn/golf course maintenance department was spreading fertilizer and reached into the hopper to push lime further down the hopper. His gloved hand was caught by the agitator causing a deep cut to his left middle fingertip. The employee was hospitalized and the next day part of his finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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