Amputations

Name: Amputations at Roger Wood Foods, Inc.
Start: 2/5/2018

1 amputation · 2018021169 · 2/5/2018 · Roger Wood Foods, Inc.

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a packaging machine and was positioned between the top and bottom films when the machine cycled. The employee's right index finger was then caught and partially amputated in an in-running nip point. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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