Amputations

Name: Amputations at SA Recycling LLC
Start: 3/27/2020

1 amputation · 2020032816 · 3/27/2020 · SA Recycling LLC

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: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: SA Recycling LLC
Location: 1882 Mitchell Rd, NORCROSS, GEORGIA, 30071
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had just adjusted the speed of a shaker table, and was turning to walk away, when the table's belt caught his left glove and pulled his index finger into the pulley. He suffered a fracture and an amputation to the finger.

Source

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