Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Keystone Foods LLC, 7220 U.S. Highway 19, CAMILLA, GEORGIA 31730
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working on a vertical chain drive on a dumper. When the employee tried to take slack out of the back side of the chain, the carriage of the dumper shifted down a few inches. The chain on the drive sprocket tightened and the employee's right middle finger was caught between the chain and the sprocket. The finger was partially amputated.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, unspecified
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