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Amputations

1 hospitalization · 2016065161 · 6/11/2016 · SOUTHERN VALLEY FRUIT & VEGETABLE, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Conveyors-chain

Employer

Name
SOUTHERN VALLEY FRUIT & VEGETABLE, INC.
Location
2775 Ellenton-Norman Park Road, NORMAN PARK, GEORGIA, 31771
NAICS
111219
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The employee was pushing boxes down the conveyor line when a box got stuck on the line. As the employee tried to release it from where it was caught, her finger became caught in the chain on the conveyor line resulting in a partial amputation of the fourth finger on her left hand.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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