Amputations

Name: Amputations at Southwire Company, LLC
Start: 6/30/2019

1 amputation · 2019066581 · 6/30/2019 · Southwire Company, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Southwire Company, LLC
Location: 3 Southwire Dr., CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, 30117
NAICS: 332618
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of plastic from a conveyor when the conveyor's cradle retracted, caught the tip of his left middle finger, and amputated it (without bone loss).

Source

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