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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191111999 · 11/19/2019 · UFP Union City 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 during regular operation
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
UFP Union City LLC
Location
5200 Highway 138, UNION CITY, GEORGIA, 30291
NAICS
423310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on the re-saw machine in the pallet assembly and cutting area. While adjusting the height of the blade with his right hand, his left hand was pinched between the moving infeed conveyor belt and the feed wheel. This pushed his hand into the moving saw blade. He sustained severe lacerations to his left ring and pinky fingers resulting in surgical amputation of both fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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