OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #942805
WISCASSETT YARN MILLS, INC.
ALBEMARLE, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S ARM AMPUTATED WHEN CAUGHT IN TEXTILE MACHINE
Investigation abstract
The employee was attempting to remove a piece of textile debris from a card mach ine when his right arm contacted the card clothing resulting in the amputation o f his forearm.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 Male
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- LOWER ARM (17)
- Accident type
- RUBBED/ABRADED (7)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Miscellaneous textile machine operators (749)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- CATCH POINT/PUNCTURE ACTION (2)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.