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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024010561 · 1/18/2024 · Inline Plastics Corp.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source
Source, secondary source unspecified
Secondary source
Dies, molds, patterns

Employer

Name
Inline Plastics Corp.
Location
100 Constitution Drive, MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA, 30253
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee used pressurized air to help release a cylinder from its mold base. While the employee's finger was under the tool to feel for movement, the cylinder coupling came free and crushed his finger, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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