Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at 3M Company, Inc.
Start: 2/26/2024

1 amputation · 2024021756 · 2/26/2024 · 3M Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Shearing machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: 3M Company, Inc.
Location: 1400 State Docks Road, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
NAICS: 325220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was starting to collect edge trim when their right middle and ring fingers came into contact with a shear slitter blade. Half of the ring finger was nearly amputated, and half of the middle finger was amputated.

Source

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