Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Floor Pro Packaging Inc , 130 Beasley Rd. SW, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA 30120
on — Amputations, affecting the hand(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was filling boxes under the chute of a ribbon blender when his hand entered the chute and was pinched in the machinery, resulting in a right hand amputation. The ribbon blender was in operation at the time of the incident.
AmputationHand(s), n.e.c.Special process machinery, unspecified
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