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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016021674 · 2/23/2016 · Georgia Pacific LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Georgia Pacific LLC
Location
1 GP Lane, GURDON, ARKANSAS, 71743
NAICS
322121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was reaching for a 2x4 board while working with the planer in-feed table. The employee's right thumb went through a 1.5-inch gap in the guarding and was caught between the tipple chain and sprocket, amputating the first digit of the right thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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