Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Thermo Pac, LLC, 1609 Stone Ridge Drive, STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA 30083
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee received a partial (1/4-inch) amputation to her left middle finger. She was adjusting a wait on top of the Prodo Pak filling machine when her finger got caught in a pinch point and her fingertip was severed.
An employee was working on the bar line former machine and using a tool to clean a build-up of granola from under the die press plates. The machine started up and amputated a fingertip on the employee's right hand.
An employee was feeding a new roll of film into a packing machine when the air-actuated jaw closed and reopened on the tip of his right index finger, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.