Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hanwha Q CELLS USA Inc., 300 Nexus Drive, DALTON, GEORGIA 30721
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
On April 14, 2025, an employee was clearing a jam in a framer machine. The machine caught and pinched the employee's right index fingertip, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
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