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Amputations

1 amputation · 20171111185 · 11/22/2017 · Equity Group - Georgia Division, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Butchering machinery
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Equity Group - Georgia Division, LLC
Location
7220 U.S. Highway 19, CAMILLA, GEORGIA, 31730
NAICS
311615
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A temporary employee was pulling a piece of skin out of a skinner machine when his gloves were caught in the skinner blade, lacerating his right index and middle fingers and resulting in an amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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