Amputations

Name: Amputations at Hellas Construction, Inc.
Start: 11/19/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181111898 · 11/19/2018 · Hellas Construction, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: Hellas Construction, Inc.
Location: 146 Industrial Park Road, DADEVILLE, ALABAMA, 36853
NAICS: 325220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working with two other employees to ensure the proper setup/startup of an extrusion machine. The injured employee was conducting a quality check of the product on the conveyor between the extrusion and fibrillation roller when his left hand was caught between the conveyor roller and fibrillator, resulting in a left hand amputation.

Source

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