Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at KERRY INC., 5 Douglas St, ROME, GEORGIA 30161
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating the chunker when dough piled up underneath the chunker. The employee started to remove the dough when his hand got caught between the belt and the cutter on the chunker. The employee sustained an amputation to the right thumb.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedFood and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
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