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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022043078 · 4/6/2022 · OCCI

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Excavating machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
OCCI
Location
750 Viaduct Rd., CHICKASAW, ALABAMA, 36611
NAICS
237310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working near a machine with a spherical hammer grab moving debris from a barge to land. The employee's right index finger was caught in the jaws of the spherical hammer grab and amputated at the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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