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Amputations

1 hospitalization · 2021032317 · 3/17/2021 · US Battery Manufacturing Company, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
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
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
US Battery Manufacturing Company, Inc
Location
1895 Tobacco Road, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30906
NAICS
335912
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing a panel/guard from a pasting machine so it could be cleaned. The roller inside the machine smashed his left little finger, which was amputated up to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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