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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021032125 · 3/10/2021 · Kason Industries, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Kason Industries, Inc
Location
57 Amlajack Boulevard, NEWNAN, GEORGIA, 30265
NAICS
332999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating an assembly machine and had to adjust a part in the machine. While adjusting the part with his left hand, the machine cycled resulting in a partial amputation to the middle fingertip, without bone loss.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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