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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022065531 · 6/24/2022 · Michelin North America, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Michelin North America, Inc
Location
3792 Mance Newton Road, MIDLAND CITY, ALABAMA, 36350
NAICS
326211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was winding envelopes into a take-up bobbin. The machine caught the employee's right hand and forearm, tearing muscles and tendons and breaking bones from the hand up to the forearm. He was hospitalized, and his hand was medically amputated up to the forearm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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