Amputations

Name: Amputations at Southern Company
Start: 3/15/2016

1 amputation · 2016032250 · 3/15/2016 · Southern 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: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Air compressors

Employer

Name: Southern Company
Location: 460 Gorgas Road, PARRISH, ALABAMA, 35580
NAICS: 541330
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing debris from an air compressor when his hand contacted the compressor's rotating fan, fracturing and lacerating three fingers and amputating one finger.

Source

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