Amputations

Name: Amputations at Enviva Pellets Cottondale, LLC
Start: 9/27/2015

1 amputation · 2015097097 · 9/27/2015 · Enviva Pellets Cottondale, LLC

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: Machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Enviva Pellets Cottondale, LLC
Location: 2500 Green Circle Parkway, COTTONDALE, FLORIDA, 32431
NAICS: 321999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning wood fiber debris from an airlock when his finger got caught between the metal tip of the vane and the airlock, amputating his left middle finger above the bone. The airlock was not turned off at the time of the incident.

Source

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