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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016076277 · 7/12/2016 · Southern Homes

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 regular operation
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Southern Homes
Location
1037 Hwy 44, RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA, 35654
NAICS
321991
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee picked up carpet from a carpet cutting machine. The machine was still running and his ring finger got caught on the tip of the blade. The employee was wearing gloves when his finger was struck by the blade resulting in a partial amputation of the right ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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