Amputations

Name: Amputations at Autosales, Incorporated
Start: 1/29/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018010966 · 1/29/2018 · Autosales, Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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 during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Sheets, towels, linens, bedding

Employer

Name: Autosales, Incorporated
Location: 20 King Mill Road, MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA, 30253
NAICS: 441310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning grease marks around the drive chain area of a gear/sprocket with a shop towel. The chain caught the towel, pulling it and the employee's hand into the drive chain/sprocket. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the right index finger and three crushed fingers.

Source

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