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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018043355 · 4/8/2018 · TROJAN BATTERY COMPANY, LLC

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Conveyors-screw, auger

Employer

Name
TROJAN BATTERY COMPANY, LLC
Location
5174 Minola Drive, LITHONIA, GEORGIA, 30038
NAICS
335912
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was completing preventive maintenance on a screw conveyor oxide reactor when the machine amputated two of his fingers and partially amputated a third finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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