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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017043407 · 4/14/2017 · Pratt & Whitney

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 regular operation
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Pratt & Whitney
Location
8801 Macon Road, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, 31908
NAICS
336412
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing debris from a machine while waiting on the machine's cooling process to be completed. Due to a software error, the interlock system failed, allowing the machine's die to move and contact the employee's right thumb, which suffered an open fracture. The thump tip had to be medically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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