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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017088221 · 8/25/2017 · Cotton Co-Op Corp.

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Cotton Co-Op Corp.
Location
100 Mill St., JONESTOWN, MISSISSIPPI, 38639
NAICS
115111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On 8/25/2017, an employee was using a wooden stick to unclog a de-seeding machine's blade drum when the rotating blade grabbed the stick and caused the employee's hand to strike the rotating blades. The blade cut all of his left-hand fingers, and several had to be surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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