Amputations

Name: Amputations at Georgia-Pacific, LLC
Start: 7/27/2021

1 amputation · 2021076212 · 7/27/2021 · Georgia-Pacific, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Georgia-Pacific, LLC
Location: #1 GP Lane, GURDON, ARKANSAS, 71743
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At about 5:30 a.m. on July 27, 2021, an employee was changing knives on a piece of equipment. The equipment rotated onto his left hand, and the blades amputated his middle and ring fingers between the first knuckle and the fingernail.

Source

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