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Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — ECRU, MISSISSIPPI

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. in ECRU, MISSISSIPPI
Employer Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. Report ID 2017098565
Address 447 MS Highway 346 City, State ZIP ECRU, MISSISSIPPI 38841
Event Date September 6, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 337121 Inspection # 1263869
GPS Coordinates 34.33000, -89.04000

Incident Narrative

An employee was pulling plastic to wrap an ottoman when a machine's gate door came down and amputated his left middle fingertip.

Incident Summary

On September 6, 2017, a worker at Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. in ECRU, MISSISSIPPI suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

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