Amputations

Name: Amputations at Southern Shutter Company, Inc.
Start: 3/13/2020

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020032423 · 3/13/2020 · Southern Shutter Company, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Southern Shutter Company, Inc.
Location: 100 Coffee St, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36104
NAICS: 321918
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning wood dust from a molder after running the machine. The blades snagged the tips of his gloves, pulling his right hand under the guard and into the splitting head. The employee suffered amputations to the ring and little fingers above the knuckle.

Source

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