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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021021066 · 2/5/2021 · Synthetic Turf Resources
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 regular operation
- Source
- Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Synthetic Turf Resources
- Location
- 2680 Abutment Rd, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30719
- NAICS
- 339999
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was trying to straighten the synthetic turf when the turf cutting knife engaged and amputated their right ring and pinky fingers.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown