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Federal Prison Industries

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — ASHLAND, KENTUCKY

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Federal Prison Industries in ASHLAND, KENTUCKY
Employer Federal Prison Industries Report ID 2021086949
Address State Route 716 City, State ZIP ASHLAND, KENTUCKY 41105
Event Date August 16, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 337211 Inspection # 1550979
GPS Coordinates 38.37000, -82.69000

Incident Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in an edge bander machine. A machine part closed on the employee's right middle finger after the jam was cleared. The employee suffered an amputation to the last joint of the finger.

Incident Summary

On August 16, 2021, a worker at Federal Prison Industries in ASHLAND, KENTUCKY suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with metal, woodworking, and special material 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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