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Amputations

1 amputation · 20161111064 · 11/28/2016 · Waste Eliminator, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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 regular operation
Source
Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name
Waste Eliminator, Inc.
Location
3025 Jones Mill Road, NORCROSS, GEORGIA, 30071
NAICS
562920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was picking recyclable waste from a conveyor belt and placing it in the appropriate bins when the employee's left pinky finger became caught and amputated between the belt and the metal portion of the shoot.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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