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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022043223 · 4/12/2022 · Flowers Baking Co. of Villa Rica, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Food slicers

Employer

Name
Flowers Baking Co. of Villa Rica, LLC
Location
134 Doyle McCain Dr., VILLA RICA, GEORGIA, 30180
NAICS
311812
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a bread bagger when bread became jammed at the exit point of the bread slicer. The employee was pushing the jammed bread when the slicers amputated their left index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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