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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017065216 · 6/8/2017 · Swedish Match 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
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Swedish Match North America LLC
Location
700 Columbia Hwy, DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36301
NAICS
312229
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on a cigar making machine when his left hand entered the in-going nip point of the conveyor, amputating his left index fingertip from the nail to the first digit.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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