Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at THERMO PAC, LLC, 1609 Stone Ridge Drive, STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA 30083
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was working on the bar line former machine and using a tool to clean a build-up of granola from under the die press plates. The machine started up and amputated a fingertip on the employee's right hand.
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