Amputations

Name: Amputations at RAYONIER PERFORMANCE FIBERS, LLC
Start: 7/22/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023076587 · 7/22/2023 · RAYONIER PERFORMANCE FIBERS, 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 regular operation
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: RAYONIER PERFORMANCE FIBERS, LLC
Location: 4474 Savannah Highway, JESUP, GEORGIA, 31545
NAICS: 322110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was threading up a sheet of pulp on the wrap station when their glove became caught and was pulled into the feed rollers. The right second and third fingertips were amputated.

Source

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