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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017087409 · 8/3/2017 · SHAW INDUSTRIES Group Inc., Plant SP
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- 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 regular operation
- Source
- Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- SHAW INDUSTRIES Group Inc., Plant SP
- Location
- 12454 N Hwy 27, CHICKAMAUGA, GEORGIA, 30707
- NAICS
- 314110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was operating a vertical sander to sand rough edges on a guard/rail when the sander cut and amputated his left thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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