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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022108768 · 10/5/2022 · Elixir Door and Metals Company

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 regular operation
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Elixir Door and Metals Company
Location
1215 Pope Drive, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, 31533
NAICS
332321
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of polystyrene foam when the rotating portion of the saw pulled her glove into the saw. The employee sustained a one-eighth- to one-quarter-inch amputation to her right middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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