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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016043089 · 4/13/2016 · Columbia Recycling Corporation

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 by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Columbia Recycling Corporation
Location
2410 S. Dixie Hwy., DALTON, GEORGIA, 30720
NAICS
314999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on a lift truck. While putting the chain back on the lift truck's forks, the employee accidentally knocked it in gear and the boom fell. The forklift chains on the boom amputated the two middle fingers on his right hand. One finger was cut below the nailbed and the other was cut in the middle of the nailbed.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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