Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sea Island Acquisition, LLC, 100 Cloister Drive, SEA ISLAND, GEORGIA 31561
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was unloading a spring-loaded fork on a powered industrial truck (PIT). A dislodged spring partially amputated his right ring fingertip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Parts and materials, n.e.c.
More severe injuries at Sea Island Acquisition, LLC
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An employee was retrieving a food item from a freezer when she slipped on ice and fell. The employee struck her head and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for a head contusion.
An employee was driving a golf cart after loading it with firewood from a storage bin. While the cart was maneuvering in the tight space between the bin and a construction truck parked next to it, the employee's left leg was caught between the bin and the cart. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from swelling and laceration to the leg.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 531312)
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An employee was using an auger machine on an outside sewer line. While he was feeding metal rope into the sewer line, the rope came back and pulled his hand in, cutting his left middle finger. The finger was amputated from the distal joint to the tip.
An employee was moving an air conditioning unit into storage. A wooden 2x4 that was in storage fell and struck the employee's head, causing a brain bleed.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
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An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.