Amputations

Name: Amputations at Mt. Vernon Mills
Start: 7/12/2015

1 amputation · 2015074561 · 7/12/2015 · Mt. Vernon Mills

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Mt. Vernon Mills
Location: 2850 Gainesville Hwy, ALTO, GEORGIA, 30510
NAICS: 313210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A card machine operator assisted a technician who was trying to free up a machine that was in the choke position. When the machine was freed, the employee's right index finger was amputated when it was caught between a belt and pulley.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown