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Amputations

1 amputation · 20171111407 · 11/30/2017 · America Tire and Wheel

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
America Tire and Wheel
Location
614 Memory Street, BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA, 31516
NAICS
326211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was checking air pressure using a gauge and stacking wheels when his hand entered an auto-inflator head. His left hand was pinched between the head, tire, and wheel, resulting in a partial thumb amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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