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Vulcan Industries

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Amputations — MOODY, ALABAMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Vulcan Industries in MOODY, ALABAMA
Employer Vulcan Industries Report ID 2015063484
Address 300 Display Drive City, State ZIP MOODY, ALABAMA 35004
Event Date June 8, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Industry (NAICS) 337214 Inspection # 1069981
GPS Coordinates 33.58000, -86.46000

Incident Narrative

An employee was spot welding bolts to a piece of metal when his right index fingertip was amputated, requiring hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On June 8, 2015, a worker at Vulcan Industries in MOODY, ALABAMA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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