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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016065006 · 6/7/2016 · CHEROKEE BRICK & TILE COMPANY
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- 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 maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- CHEROKEE BRICK & TILE COMPANY
- Location
- 2050 Forest Ave, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 39213
- NAICS
- 327121
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cleaning out a machine during the brick-making process when the machine's blade amputated his right thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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