Amputations

Name: Amputations at Ricoh Electronics Inc.
Start: 10/21/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023109730 · 10/21/2023 · Ricoh Electronics Inc.

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: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Ricoh Electronics Inc.
Location: 1125 Hurricane Shoals Road Northeast, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, 30043
NAICS: 322220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was chucking a core at a rewind station on a coating machine when the chucks closed on his fingers. The employee's left thumb was amputated.

Source

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