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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020032545 · 3/18/2020 · Shaw Industries Group, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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 during regular operation
Source
Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
Location
616 Duvall Rd, CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA, 30705
NAICS
313111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a broken yard end. While he was untying yarn ends to remove a yarn wrap from a 4-inch feed roller, the roller cycled, pinching the tip of his right thumb between a 2-inch tension roller and the 4-inch feed roller. He suffered an amputation to the thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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