Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Elixir Door and Metals Company, 1215 Pope Drive, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA 31533
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee placed their left hand on the line conveyor, which moves doors down the line. When the conveyor started up, the employee's left middle finger was caught between the steel frame of the conveyor and a gap in the steel conveyor belt, resulting in a partial amputation and an open fracture to the left middle finger.
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An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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