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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018010878 · 1/26/2018 · Piedmont Athens Regional-Laundry Facility

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
Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Piedmont Athens Regional-Laundry Facility
Location
1655 West Broad Street, ATHENS, GEORGIA, 30606
NAICS
622110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was greasing the bearing on a sheet stacker machine when the machine's chain pulled his gloved right hand into the moving sprocket, amputating his right index and middle fingers to the second knuckle and partially amputating his thumb. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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