Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GEORGIA PACIFIC CORPORATION, 1745 DOUG BARNARD PARKWAY, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30906
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was helping to remove a tote filled with ink when the tote contacted his left hand and pinched his finger between it and a metal frame, amputating his fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Boxes, crates, cartons
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