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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017043538 · 4/19/2017 · Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Drills-stationary
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
Location
420 Southwell Boulevard, TIFTON, GEORGIA, 31794
NAICS
333415
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was drilling holes in copper tubing while wearing gloves. As she moved a part into position and began lowering the drill head, her right hand bumped the drill bit, which caught the fabric of the glove and pulled her right hand into the bit. The drill bit deeply lacerated her middle finger and partially amputated her pinky and index fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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