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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018077443 · 7/23/2018 · Novalex, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Novalex, Inc.
Location
6448 Best Friend Rd., NORCROSS, GEORGIA, 30071
NAICS
311423
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was threading paper on an inner folding machine's rollers. At the same time, another employee began turning the manual hand wheel to turn the rollers. The injured employee struggled to position the paper and reached around the vacuum drum to help thread the paper when his hand contacted the blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The blade was guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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