Amputations

Name: Amputations at J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Start: 10/31/2021

1 amputation · 2021109370 · 10/31/2021 · J-M Manufacturing Company, 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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Location: 2101 JM Drive, ADEL, GEORGIA, 31620
NAICS: 326122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was running PVC production lines when a machine malfunctioned. As he tried to free a pipe that was jammed in a belling station, the machine started to process and its hydraulic cylinder came down on his right little finger. The finger was amputated.

Source

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