Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CFL USA, LLC, 3576 U. S. Highway 41, ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA 30103
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was trying to fix a backing machine. A chain in the machine caught the employee's right hand, amputating the middle fingertip and part of the index finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Separating and conversion machinery n.e.c.
A temporary employee turned off a planer machine, opened the housing, and began clearing a jam. The machine's spinning blade caught his right hand and degloved the index finger.
An employee was adjusting the height of an ultraviolet (UV) lamp. She was electrocuted by the UV machine. She sustained burns on her left hand and an entry wound on the right forearm. The employee was hospitalized.
On March 20, 2025, an employee was watching the acoustic backing section of a line. He noticed that there was a trim from the acoustic layer wrapped around the first pressure roll section on the non-operator side. He went to remove the trim and his leather glove got caught in the nip point. His index fingertip was amputated at the fingernail. The machine was running and a guard was in place at the time.
On May 15, 2024, an employee was cleaning out trim material that was stuck in the cutter. A board went over a sensor and the cutter activated. The cutter came down and amputated his index finger. A safety fence was in place at the time.
A temporary employee turned off a planer machine, opened the housing, and began clearing a jam. The machine's spinning blade caught his right hand and degloved the index finger.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
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