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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024109309 · 10/5/2024 · Adams Land Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Elbow(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Picking, carding, combing machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Adams Land Company
Location
490 N Main St, LEACHVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72438
NAICS
115111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unclogging cotton from a gin stand using a 2-foot stick when their left arm was caught and crushed in the blades of the gin stand. The employee sustained a crushing injury of their left arm to the elbow, resulting in a surgical amputation a few days later.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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