Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC, 7530 Al Hwy 114, PENNINGTON, ALABAMA 36916
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was stenciling a roll of toilet paper on a tissue machine and went to remove the roll when his right middle finger was pinched between the pusher and paper, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Paper production machinery, unspecified
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