Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SOUTHERN MILLS, INC., 74 ANDREWS PKWY, SENOIA, GEORGIA 30276
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using the roll buffer machine to buff cots at the yarn plant. They were using an air hose to blow off the cots and suffered partial amputations to their left index and middle fingers from the buffing wheel.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Industrial surfacing and finishing machinery unspecified
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