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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015074553 · 7/11/2015 · KUBOTA INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation

Employer

Name
KUBOTA INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
Location
1001 MCCLURE INDUSTRIAL PKWY, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA, 30549
NAICS
333111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was assisting another maintenance employee in repairing/replacing a belt on a dryer fan. He was checking the tension of the belt while the machine was slowing down after being shut down and caught his left hand in the pulley amputating the left thumb tip approximately half way down into the nail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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