Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at King's Hawaiian Bakery Southeast, Inc.
Start: 12/17/2024

1 amputation · 20241211647 · 12/17/2024 · King's Hawaiian Bakery Southeast, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thumb(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name: King's Hawaiian Bakery Southeast, Inc.
Location: 5420 Aloha Way, FLOWERY BRANCH, GEORGIA, 30542
NAICS: 311812
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lubricating the chain of the incline conveyor of a tape machine when their right thumb became caught in the chain. The employee sustained an amputation of the thumb at the first knuckle.

Source

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