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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021086435 · 8/2/2021 · Ritz Instrument Transformers, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Winders, unwinders

Employer

Name
Ritz Instrument Transformers, Inc
Location
25 Hamburg Ave., LAVONIA, GEORGIA, 30553
NAICS
335311
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing a coil from a winding machine. The employee's little finger was pinched between the cylinder and the machine. The very tip of the finger was fractured. Part of the fingernail was damaged and tissue beside the fingernail was removed.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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