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Amputations
1 amputation · 2018088077 · 8/7/2018 · Southeastern Pathology Associates
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Medical, surgical, x-ray machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Southeastern Pathology Associates
- Location
- 203 Indigo Dr., BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, 31525
- NAICS
- 621511
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cutting paraffin blocks on a microtome when the microtome blade partially amputated the employee's left ring finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown