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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019021668 · 2/14/2019 · Oldcastle Lawn & Garden, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Oldcastle Lawn & Garden, Inc.
Location
157 Hwy. 48 West, TYLERTOWN, MISSISSIPPI, 39667
NAICS
561730
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a wrench to adjust the belt tensioner on a screening machine when the wrench slipped off the bolt and his hand went into the belt and pulley resulting in amputation of the right pinky fingertip and a right forearm laceration.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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