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Mt. Vernon Mills

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — ALTO, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Mt. Vernon Mills in ALTO, GEORGIA
Employer Mt. Vernon Mills Report ID 2015074561
Address 2850 Gainesville Hwy, Plant #2 City, State ZIP ALTO, GEORGIA 30510
Event Date July 12, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 313210 Inspection # 1078648
GPS Coordinates 34.45000, -83.59000

Incident Narrative

A card machine operator assisted a technician who was trying to free up a machine that was in the choke position. When the machine was freed, the employee's right index finger was amputated when it was caught between a belt and pulley.

Incident Summary

On July 12, 2015, a worker at Mt. Vernon Mills in ALTO, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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