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Amputations

1 hospitalization · 2019010332 · 1/10/2019 · Guardian Automotive Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name
Guardian Automotive Corporation
Location
10116 Industrial Blvd NE, COVINGTON, GEORGIA, 30014
NAICS
332
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee put a repaired motor back on a stamping press and was turning the belts to make sure they were all lined up in the groove. His hand became caught between the motor pulley and belt. He sustained a crushing injury with an open distal phalanx fracture and a nail and nailbed injury to the left index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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