Amputations

Name: Amputations at Greenwood Gin, Inc.
Start: 12/6/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20171211601 · 12/6/2017 · Greenwood Gin, Inc.

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.

Employer

Name: Greenwood Gin, Inc.
Location: 1320 Hwy 430, GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, 38930
NAICS: 115111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing excess cotton from a lint cleaner machine when the machine turned on, amputating four of his right-hand fingers up to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown