Amputations

Name: Amputations at Roger Wood Foods, Inc.
Start: 10/10/2017

1 amputation · 2017109731 · 10/10/2017 · Roger Wood Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Sealing, stapling machinery

Employer

Name: Roger Wood Foods, Inc.
Location: 7 Alfred Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, 31408
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to determine if a packing machine's heat plate was warm when the employee's right hand was crushed between seal plates, amputating the ring fingertip. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Source

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