Amputations

Name: Amputations at Novolex
Start: 9/23/2021

1 amputation · 2021098195 · 9/23/2021 · Novolex

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Novolex
Location: 407 Sangamore Rd., BREMEN, GEORGIA, 30110
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was placing product on a conveyor when her left middle finger was caught between the product pusher and the rails (sides) of the machine in a 1 1/2-inch gap. She suffered a partial amputation to the finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown