Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Farmers Gin & Peanut Company, Inc., 2595 U.S. Hwy. 133 S , MOULTRIE, GEORGIA 31788
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was sweeping a floor when a cotton lint-cleaning machine partially amputated the three middle fingers of his right hand. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedTextile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
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