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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020099065 · 9/24/2020 · Southwire

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Southwire
Location
5810 Trade Center Ct, VILLA RICA, GEORGIA, 30180
NAICS
333249
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A cable operator was staging a reel into the payoff. As she was attempting to manually position the shaft into the hole, her right thumb was caught between the metal reel and the drive arm plate resulting in a below the nail bed thumb amputation without bone loss.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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