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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019010981 · 1/28/2019 · AM/NS Calvert, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
AM/NS Calvert, LLC
Location
1 AM/NS Way, CALVERT, ALABAMA, 36513
NAICS
331111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the rotary valve of a machine when his right middle and ring fingers were caught in the valve. The employee was hospitalized and both fingers were amputated to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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