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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018088132 · 8/8/2018 · Southern Classic Food Group

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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Bottling, canning, filling machinery

Employer

Name
Southern Classic Food Group
Location
1000 Magnolia Blvd, BRUNDIDGE, ALABAMA, 36010
NAICS
311999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was assembling valves on a filler machine when his left hand was caught between the valve housing and the valve opener, resulting in an amputation of his ring finger's first joint.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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