Amputations

Name: Amputations at JAC Products, Inc.
Start: 9/18/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019099767 · 9/18/2019 · JAC Products, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
Secondary source: Handtools-power not determined, unspecified

Employer

Name: JAC Products, Inc.
Location: 266 Mary Johnson Drive, FRANKLIN, GEORGIA, 30217
NAICS: 331316
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing the saw blade on a piece of machinery. A tool fell onto the machine, causing it to activate, and the blade amputated the employee's middle and ring fingers at the first knuckle.

Source

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