Columbia Recycling Corporation
Entangled in other object or equipment - Avulsions, enucleations - DALTON, Georgia
| Employer | Columbia Recycling Corporation |
| Address | 1001 Chattanooga Avenue |
| City, State ZIP | DALTON, Georgia 30722 |
| Report ID | 2022043100 |
| Event Date | April 7, 2022 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Avulsions, enucleations |
| Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| Source of Injury | Yarn, thread |
| Secondary Source | Machinery, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 314999 |
| GPS Coordinates | 34.78391, -84.97267 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was working on a precision cutter that takes yarn off of cones by unraveling it. The employee was pulling cones out of a box and tying new filament to existing filament strands when a knot formed beneath his right hand and caught his right index finger, resulting in an avulsion that required hospitalization.
Incident Summary
On April 7, 2022, a worker at Columbia Recycling Corporation in DALTON, Georgia suffered avulsions, enucleations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as entangled in other object or equipment, with yarn, thread identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 183 severe injury reports involving "Entangled in other object or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Entangled in other object or equipment injuries.
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