Amputations

Name: Amputations at Blue-Grass Concrete Cutting, Inc.
Start: 7/23/2021

1 amputation · 2021076065 · 7/23/2021 · Blue-Grass Concrete Cutting, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Blue-Grass Concrete Cutting, Inc.
Location: Package Company of America/Boise Paper Plant, JACKSON, ALABAMA, 36545
NAICS: 238910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was carrying out a diamond wire cutting process on a tank. When the employee pulled on the diamond wire cable, his right ring finger was pinched between it and the pulley. The finger was amputated to the last knuckle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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