Amputations

Name: Amputations at Inline Plastics Corp.
Start: 12/22/2016

1 amputation · 20161211864 · 12/22/2016 · Inline Plastics Corp.

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: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Inline Plastics Corp.
Location: 100 CONSTITUTION DR, MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA, 30253
NAICS: 326113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On December 22, 2016, at approximately 6:25 a.m., an employee was making adjustments to the GN machine 3030-7 contact heater when his hand slipped down into the cutting knife resulting in the amputation of the right index finger at the first knuckle.

Source

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