Amputations

Name: Amputations at Ajay North America, LLC
Start: 3/20/2017

1 amputation · 2017032461 · 3/20/2017 · Ajay North America, LLC

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Ajay North America, LLC
Location: 1400 Industry Road, POWDER SPRINGS, GEORGIA, 30127
NAICS: 325412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was greasing bearings on a running machine and his left index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in amputation at the first knuckle. The guard was removed at the time.

Source

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