Amputations

Name: Amputations at Georgia Pacific Consumer Products, LP.
Start: 11/15/2017

1 amputation · 20171110973 · 11/15/2017 · Georgia Pacific Consumer Products, LP.

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: Paper production machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Georgia Pacific Consumer Products, LP.
Location: 437 Old Augusta Road South, RINCON, GEORGIA, 31326
NAICS: 322299
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was training a new employee on the operation of a napkin folding machine when he heard a noise that concerned him and asked the trainee to bump the conveyor leading out of the machine. The employee went behind the machine to investigate and slipped as the trainee was bumping the conveyor. His left thumb was subsequently caught between the belt and a timing gear, damaging the bone and tissue. His thumb tip was amputated directly below the nailbed.

Source

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