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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018087861 · 8/1/2018 · National Gypsum 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 regular operation
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
National Gypsum Company, LLC.
Location
4125 BUFORD HIGHWAY SUITE 100, PEACHTREE CORNERS, GEORGIA, 30092
NAICS
327420
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was dumping a 50-pound bag of solid particulate into a dump station. The employee's left hand contacted a butterfly valve in the bottom of the station. The valve was activated, and the employee's middle and ring fingers were amputated below the fingernail. The valve was not guarded with a screen.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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