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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019043873 · 4/16/2019 · CROWN CANDY CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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 during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage

Employer

Name
CROWN CANDY CORPORATION
Location
4145 MEAD ROAD, MACON, GEORGIA, 31208
NAICS
311340
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was placing a bag over a motor to start clean-up procedures on a mixer when his right hand was caught between a belt and pulley. The middle and right ring fingers were severed to the second knuckle. The index and small fingers were also damaged. The mixer was still running at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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