Amputations

Name: Amputations at Telfair Forest Products, LLC
Start: 8/20/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018088592 · 8/20/2018 · Telfair Forest Products, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Milling machines

Employer

Name: Telfair Forest Products, LLC
Location: P.O. Box 9, 11 West Industrial Blvd., LUMBER CITY, GEORGIA, 31549
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam on the back side of a shaver box when he stepped over the handrails and slipped, coming into contact with the shaver knives. His right foot was amputated and he was hospitalized. The shaver heads were not locked out at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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