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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018065525 · 6/8/2018 · Miller & Company, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source
Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Miller & Company, Inc
Location
500 Hooper Drive, SELMA, ALABAMA, 36701
NAICS
321113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was standing behind the planer/molder machine operator. The employee reached around the machine operator, grabbed a piece of wood flooring, and pulled it forward into the top cutter head. His right hand made contact with the cutter head resulting in severe lacerations to the third, fourth and fifth fingers. The fourth and fifth fingers were amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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