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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017021470 · 2/14/2017 · 3M Company

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-powered, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
3M Company
Location
3700 Atlanta Industrial Parkway NW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30331
NAICS
325510
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was packing tubes in a box from a moving plastic cleated conveyor in the Packaging Department. The employee's work glove was caught on the moving conveyor pulling his hand into the static plate on the conveyor and amputating the right index finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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