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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020088093 · 8/26/2020 · Georgia-Pacific

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Georgia-Pacific
Location
7530 Hwy 114, PENNINGTON, ALABAMA, 36916
NAICS
322291
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A coater operator was working at a board machine, adjusting the coater wipe at the coater rolls. The rolls caught the employee's right forearm, crushing it. He was hospitalized and his right hand was surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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