Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at 48 Forty Solutions, LLC., 2427 Hwy 140, ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA 30103
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
On January 28, 2025, an employee was clearing a jam on the transfer line. The photo eye engaged and started chains that pulled the employee's left hand into a sprocket. Three fingers were amputated. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Conveyors unspecified
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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