Pillow Factory, a Division of Encompass Group, LLC
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pillow Factory, a Division of Encompass Group, LLC, 1720 Georgia 138, CONYERS, GEORGIA 30013
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was getting labels off a shelf. They went to pull a fiber from a revolving conveyor roller. The roller pulled the fiber taut, causing the fiber to amputate the employee's left thumb pad.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
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