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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022021544 · 2/17/2022 · Southern Parallel Forest Products Corp.

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Southern Parallel Forest Products Corp.
Location
660 Industrial Boulevard, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35950
NAICS
321113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was trying to move a tangled drive chain. The employee's left ring finger got caught in the drive chain when the motor started. The employee required surgery to remove the fingernail and close the wound.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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