Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Georgia Pacific Consumer Products, LLC, 1000 W. MT. Pleasant Rd., ZACHARY, LOUISIANA 70791
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working on a paper machine and smashed his middle finger in the machine, resulting in surgical amputation.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedPaper production machinery, unspecified
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