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Amputations

1 amputation · 20171010426 · 10/24/2017 · TRICO GIN & PEANUT, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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
Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
TRICO GIN & PEANUT, INC.
Location
150 Tharpe Road, UNADILLA, GEORGIA, 31091
NAICS
115111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was shutting down a cotton gin and opened the metal cover for the lint cleaner. The belt or saw inside the lint cleaner partially amputated the employee's right index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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