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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20201110671 · 11/11/2020 · Tri-County Gin

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 running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Picking, carding, combing machinery
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Tri-County Gin
Location
24134 CR EW 181, CHATTANOOGA, OKLAHOMA, 73528
NAICS
115111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a cotton ginning plant when the machine caught his work glove and pulled his left hand into the machine. Four fingers on the employee's left hand were amputated at the second joint.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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