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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018032869 · 3/24/2018 · Southwire Company

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, unspecified
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Southwire Company
Location
1 Southwire Drive, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, 30119
NAICS
332618
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was loading up a payoff machine when the employee's left index finger was caught between the reel and the drive arm of the payoff, resulting in an amputation of the distal phalanges on the left index finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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