Amputations

Name: Amputations at AJM Packaging Corporation
Start: 7/27/2016

1 amputation · 2016076835 · 7/27/2016 · AJM Packaging Corporation

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Paper production machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: AJM Packaging Corporation
Location: 569 Bowery Lane, FOLKSTON, GEORGIA, 31537
NAICS: 322219
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to help repair a bag machine that was down. When he used a jog button to energize the machine, the cutting blade partially amputated his right middle finger at the first joint. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown