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Southwire Company, LLC

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — CARROLLTON, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Southwire Company, LLC in CARROLLTON, GEORGIA
Employer Southwire Company, LLC Report ID 2022064728
Address 401 Fertilla Street City, State ZIP CARROLLTON, GEORGIA 30117
Event Date June 1, 2022 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Wire, cables-nonelectrical
Secondary Source Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
Industry (NAICS) 332618 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 33.56000, -85.06000

Incident Narrative

An employee stopped a machine to exchange a full reel for an empty reel in the take-up. The employee rolled the empty reel into the take-up and placed the tail of the wire into the flange hole of the reel. The employee then began removing slack from the wire. As the wire tightened, it got caught on a bolt on a motor of the take-up. The wire was pulled tight and caught the employee's finger against the reel flange amputating the employee's fingertip.

Incident Summary

On June 1, 2022, a worker at Southwire Company, LLC in CARROLLTON, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with wire, cables-nonelectrical identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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