Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Linzer Products Corp.
Start: 1/6/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025010138 · 1/6/2025 · Linzer Products Corp.

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: Winders, unwinders
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Linzer Products Corp.
Location: 100 Wallace Street, METTER, GEORGIA, 30439
NAICS: 339994
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a re-winder machine, re-winding fabric rolls for use in production. The employee's fingers became caught in a nip point and were pulled into the spinning fabric. The employee suffered a crush injury to their right middle finger, resulting in hospitalization and medical amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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