Amputations

Name: Amputations at SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC.
Start: 6/15/2016

1 amputation · 2016065329 · 6/15/2016 · SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Yarn, thread

Employer

Name: SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC.
Location: 169 Benjamin H Hill Dr SE, FITZGERALD, GEORGIA, 31750
NAICS: 314110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing excess yarn from a yarn package (a roll of yarn) inside a cabling machine. He held the excess yarn in his right hand, and as he put it back into the machine, the yarn became caught on the pre-seed roller. The roller then pulled the yarn around and partially amputated his fifth digit (pinky finger).

Source

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