Amputations

Name: Amputations at Simmons Manufacturing Company
Start: 9/23/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016099018 · 9/23/2016 · Simmons Manufacturing Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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.
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Simmons Manufacturing Company
Location: 1608 Hwy 20 E, MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA, 30252
NAICS: 332996
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee at a poppet machine had just finished putting a box together, but the box was not spinning correctly. When she opened the interlocked door to balance the box, the chuck pulled in her right glove and then twisted her right index finger, partially amputating it.

Source

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