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Amputations
1 amputation · 2018032201 · 3/5/2018 · M & M WASTE, INC.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- 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 regular operation
- Source
- Shearing machines
Employer
- Name
- M & M WASTE, INC.
- Location
- 1328 Lakewood Avenue SE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30315
- NAICS
- 423930
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cutting copper wire on a shear when the blade amputated his right pinky finger. The shear was not guarded at the time.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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