RENTZ, GEORGIA—
Golden Peanut Company, LLC
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Golden Peanut Company, LLC, 2327 Georgia Hwy. 117, RENTZ, GEORGIA 31075 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee pinched two fingers between the cable and pulley of a portable belt conveyor resulting in an amputation injury. The motor was not running at the time of the incident.
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An employee was hanging a tote bag on a forklift tine when their upper arm became caught between the tote bag and the tine. The employee had the soft tissue of the upper arm crushed.
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An employee was power-washing the area around a filter. The filter medium was pressurized and released; hot water and steam struck the employee, who suffered burns to the left arm (from the wrist to just above the elbow) and the back of the neck.
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An employee was operating a tractor when it flipped and ejected him. Its back tire then rolled over him, and he suffered a collapsed lung, broken ribs on the right side, and lacerations to the left hand and right arm.
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An employee had been operating a forklift. While releasing a dumper trash hopper into a dumpster, the employee's finger became trapped in the base of the trash hopper. The left index fingertip was amputated.
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