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Frito Lay

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Amputations — KATHLEEN, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Frito Lay in KATHLEEN, GEORGIA
Employer Frito Lay Report ID 2015010706
Address 1200 Highway 247 South City, State ZIP KATHLEEN, GEORGIA 31047
Event Date January 22, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Industry (NAICS) 311919 Inspection # 1021928
GPS Coordinates 32.49000, -83.60000

Incident Narrative

Site Safety Manager reported that this VPP Facility had an incident in which an employee was cut while adjusting a belt with an Allen wrench. This resulted in surgery and amputation of the employee's right index finger up to the first knuckle.

Incident Summary

On January 22, 2015, a worker at Frito Lay in KATHLEEN, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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