Amputations

Name: Amputations at Trojan Battery Company, LLC
Start: 7/12/2018

1 amputation · 2018076991 · 7/12/2018 · Trojan Battery Company, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Casting machinery

Employer

Name: Trojan Battery Company, LLC
Location: 3012 George Lyons Parkway, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 31082
NAICS: 335912
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to repair a slide on a grid casting machine when the die closed and caught his gloved hand. His left thumb was pinched in the mold, resulting in a soft tissue amputation to the left thumb tip (no bone loss).

Source

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