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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015107451 · 10/7/2015 · Vulcan Industries, Inc.

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 regular operation
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Vulcan Industries, Inc.
Location
300 Display Drive, MOODY, ALABAMA, 35004
NAICS
337215
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee in the fabrication shop was operating a tube saw and amputated her right thumb from the base of the nail bed to the tip when the guard crushed her thumb before she could get her hand out of the way.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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