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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 20241110588 · 11/13/2024 · SK Battery America Inc.

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
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Cleaning handtools n.e.c.

Employer

Name
SK Battery America Inc.
Location
1760 SK Boulevard, COMMERCE, GEORGIA, 30529
NAICS
335912
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance and lubricating the chain on a machine when the chain pulled the rag the employee was using into the machine, resulting in amputation of the employee's left index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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