Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JS Kempt & Brothers, LLC., 200 E. Hicks Street, PALATKA, FLORIDA 32177
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was using a planter machine to plant broccoli. As he was pulling a plant from the planter machine's cup, the cup turned and amputated his right index fingertip. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.
AmputationFingertip(s)Plowing, planting, and fertilizing machinery, n.e.c.
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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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