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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024064830 · 6/2/2024 · Fieldale Farms Poultry, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name
Fieldale Farms Poultry, LLC
Location
1540 Monroe Drive, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30507
NAICS
311615
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a box machine and lubing the chain with a can of spray lube when their left index finger contacted the chain. The drive sprocket of the machine amputated the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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