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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017065192 · 6/7/2017 · Rohrer Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Rohrer Corporation
Location
1800 Enterprise Drive, BUFORD, GEORGIA, 30518
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was manipulating the alignment bolts on a thermoformer machine when the machine's platen lowered onto his right hand, crushing it and amputating his right pinky fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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