Amputations

Name: Amputations at IVC, Inc.
Start: 11/29/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191112329 · 11/29/2019 · IVC, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: IVC, Inc.
Location: 101 IVC Dr., DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing machine startup. The employee went to check the torque on the rotary valve and his fingers were caught in moving parts. The employee sustained lacerations to the left index and middle fingers, and the left ring finger was amputated to the knuckle.

Source

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