Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Equity Group - Georgia Division, LLC, 7220 U.S. Highway 19, CAMILLA, GEORGIA 31730
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
Employees were cleaning the "skin puller machine" with a water hose. The injured employee was operating a water hose and nozzle, spray cleaning the machine. After the machine was cleaned and re-energized the employee noticed a tag of skin inside the machine and attempted to retrieve it. The employee's hand contacted the rotating parts resulting in partial amputation of the employee's middle, ring and index fingers.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedFood and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
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