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Mohawk Industries

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Mohawk Industries in DALTON, GEORGIA
Employer Mohawk Industries Report ID 2017054371
Address 104 E. McFarland Rd. City, State ZIP DALTON, GEORGIA 30721
Event Date May 14, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Extruding machinery
Industry (NAICS) 326150 Inspection # 1237440
GPS Coordinates 34.72000, -84.96000

Incident Narrative

An employee was manually moving yarn stuck in the texturizer on the extrusion line. The machine was turned back on and amputated the left index fingertip.

Incident Summary

On May 14, 2017, a worker at Mohawk Industries in DALTON, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with extruding machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, 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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