Amputations

Name: Amputations at Elberta Crate & Box Co.
Start: 3/15/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017032396 · 3/15/2017 · Elberta Crate & Box Co.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Crowbars

Employer

Name: Elberta Crate & Box Co.
Location: 606 Dothan Highway, BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, 39817
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On March 15, 2017, the notching head saw jammed and the employee attempted to remove the jam with a steel bar. The saw caught the bar and hit the employee's left hand resulting in two broken fingers and an amputated thumb below the fingernail. The employee had surgery on the broken fingers requiring hospitalization. The saw was not locked out or turned off at the time.

Source

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