Amputations

Name: Amputations at Pallet One, Inc.
Start: 1/4/2017

1 amputation · 2017010054 · 1/4/2017 · Pallet One, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Pallet One, Inc.
Location: 3794 Old Macon Road, FORSYTH, GEORGIA, 31029
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pallet machine and was trying to clear a nail that was jammed in a nail bowl when the nailer came down and amputated the employee's left pinky fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Source

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