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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022054305 · 5/17/2022 · Amazing Organics 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
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Conveyors-screw, auger

Employer

Name
Amazing Organics LLC
Location
4903 Summer Oak Dr, BUFORD, GEORGIA, 30518
NAICS
493190
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was filling the seed hopper on the lateral screw conveyor and leveling the seed in the hopper with his right hand when his thumb entered the discharge hole and was amputated above the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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