Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AJM Packaging Corporation, 569 Bowery Lane, FOLKSTON, GEORGIA 31537
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to help repair a bag machine that was down. When he used a jog button to energize the machine, the cutting blade partially amputated his right middle finger at the first joint. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Paper production machinery, unspecified
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