Amputations

Name: Amputations at General Electric Company
Start: 10/20/2015

1 amputation · 2015107825 · 10/20/2015 · General Electric Company

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, n.e.c.
Source: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: General Electric Company
Location: 2328 Point Mallard Drive SE, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
NAICS: 335222
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was starting up an extrusion machine when the machine "kicked out" or faulted. The employee's gloved hand was caught in the auger. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the right index finger between the first and second digit.

Source

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