CAMILLA, GEORGIA—
Keystone Foods LLC
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Keystone Foods LLC, 2504 Fourty Niner Road, CAMILLA, GEORGIA 31730 on — Amputations, affecting the hand(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was trying to remove a blockage from a chicken feed auger. The auger activated while his right hand was in the machine, and the hand was amputated.
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An employee was performing housekeeping duties. She reached under a piece of equipment to clear some product when her left hand got caught in a motor belt, resulting in a partial amputation of the index finger.
CAMILLA, GEORGIA—
Keystone Foods LLC
An employee was adjusting the belt for a breader machine when the machine's lid came down on their left hand, resulting in a partial amputation to the middle finger and hospitalization.
GADSDEN, ALABAMA—
Keystone Foods LLC
On December 28, 2024, an employee was adding caustic soda beads to the oven clean-in-place (CIP) cleaning system when he was splashed by hot chemicals. The employee sustained burns to his face and ear from the caustic soda beads.
CAMILLA, GEORGIA—
Keystone Foods LLC
On December 26, 2024, at approximately 11:00 PM, two employees sustained second- and third-degree burns when a boiler exploded as they were gathering tools and supplies following a repair to the boiler system pump. Both employees were hospitalized.
CAMILLA, GEORGIA—
Keystone Foods LLC
An employee was crimping a hydraulic hose with a hose press. The press caught the employee's left hand, resulting in the amputation of the thumb tip.
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