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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181010409 · 10/8/2018 · UFP Moultrie, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source
Planing mills

Employer

Name
UFP Moultrie, LLC
Location
560 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, MOULTRIE, GEORGIA, 31776
NAICS
321912
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was showing a coworker the adjustment needed on one of the blade heads on a planer machine. The blade head lacerated the employee's right thumb, index, ring, and little fingers and partially amputated the thumb and index finger. The employee was hospitalized. The blade head was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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