Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Name: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Solmax Geosynthetics
Start: 1/28/2025

1 amputation · 2025010879 · 1/28/2025 · Solmax Geosynthetics

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Solmax Geosynthetics
Location: 1288 Old Cleveland Rd Cornelia, CORNELIA, GEORGIA, 30531
NAICS: 313210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was making a fiber. He used his right hand to smooth the ends of polypropylene yarn and ensure they wrapped evenly onto a beam, spinning at 7 RPM. Some yarn got wrapped around his right middle finger and lacerated the finger and removed the nail, resulting in a distal amputation.

Source

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