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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015108045 · 10/27/2015 · Shaw Industries Group Plant EG

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
Machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Shaw Industries Group Plant EG
Location
418 Cotter Street, RINGGOLD, GEORGIA, 30736
NAICS
314999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employees were installing two dust collectors. The employees were working on dust collector 1. An employee checked on the other dust collector that was not locked out to look at the dust that was coming out and got his hand caught in a rotary valve resulting in the amputation of the left index, middle and ring fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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