Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at Piana Nonwovens, LLC
Start: 12/17/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20161211741 · 12/17/2016 · Piana Nonwovens, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Picking, carding, combing machinery

Employer

Name: Piana Nonwovens, LLC
Location: 101 Old Mill Road, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30120
NAICS: 313230
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a card machine's rollers. When the employee removed the roller belt, the rollers moved and pulled the employee's left arm between two rollers. The employee suffered a left forearm avulsion and partial amputation of the left pinky and forefinger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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