Amputations

Name: Amputations at Confortaire, Inc.
Start: 9/18/2017

1 amputation · 2017098939 · 9/18/2017 · Confortaire, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Sealing, stapling machinery

Employer

Name: Confortaire, Inc.
Location: 2133 South Veterans Blvd, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38804
NAICS: 326140
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a press to seal a plastic bag around a pillow when the press' heat sealer compression bar amputated the employee's left first fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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