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Wadley Holdings, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — WADLEY, ALABAMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Wadley Holdings, LLC in WADLEY, ALABAMA
Employer Wadley Holdings, LLC Report ID 2015129175
Address 134 Clay Street City, State ZIP WADLEY, ALABAMA 36276
Event Date December 4, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 337124 Inspection # 1110599
GPS Coordinates 33.12000, -85.56000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using the "button machine" to crimp pieces of fabric around buttons. One of the pieces of fabric was off center and the employee reached under the guard to slide the fabric back into place. The employee pressed the foot pedal that operates the machine while her hand was still in the machine and amputated the right index fingertip and fractured the right middle finger.

Incident Summary

On December 4, 2015, a worker at Wadley Holdings, LLC in WADLEY, ALABAMA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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