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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20241211361 · 12/9/2024 · Nashville Wire Products Manufacturing Company, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Welding machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Nashville Wire Products Manufacturing Company, LLC
Location
1955 McMillan St., AUBURN, ALABAMA, 36832
NAICS
332618
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a resistance welder. The welder was activated while her finger was between its electrodes, resulting in a partial amputation to her fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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