Amputations

Name: Amputations at IVC
Start: 12/9/2016

1 amputation · 20161211501 · 12/9/2016 · IVC

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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: IVC
Location: 101 IVC Drive, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
NAICS: 326192
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing compound material (resin) from the hopper above a jammed extruder machine when his fingers became pinched between the hopper and the extruder. His left index and middle fingers were amputated.

Source

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