Amputations

Name: Amputations at GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC
Start: 8/19/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018088535 · 8/19/2018 · GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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, unspecified
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC
Location: 1000 West Mt. Pleasant Road, ZACHARY, LOUISIANA, 70791
NAICS: 322121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to adjust a small pulley belt inside equipment when his left hand was pulled into the chain and sprocket, amputating his left pinky finger (below the middle knuckle) and left ring finger (above middle knuckle). The equipment was live at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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