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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2025032401 · 3/13/2025 · Dart Container Corporation of Georgia

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
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source
Machine guards

Employer

Name
Dart Container Corporation of Georgia
Location
2120 Lithonia Ind Blvd, LITHONIA, GEORGIA, 30058
NAICS
326140
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was diagnosing an issue with a bagger that had jammed. The employee was cleaning out a piece of supporting equipment (a scrap barrel) when the blower motor contacted his right middle fingertip and fingernail, resulting in an amputation. The blower motor was not guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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