Amputations

Name: Amputations at Gold Creek Foods, LLC
Start: 2/4/2020

1 amputation · 2020021151 · 2/4/2020 · Gold Creek Foods, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Gold Creek Foods, LLC
Location: 2255 White Sulphur Road, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30501
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was running the breading machine. He looked into the product entry opening and saw breading had clotted up inside. He was attempting to remove the clot when his right hand contacted a conveyor belt flap inside the machine, resulting in a right middle fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown