STANDRIDGE COLOR CORPORATION
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA
| Employer | STANDRIDGE COLOR CORPORATION | Report ID | 2017109932 |
| Address | 1196 HIGHTOWER TRAIL | City, State ZIP | SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA 30025 |
| Event Date | October 16, 2017 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Source of Injury | Other special process machinery, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 325132 | Inspection # | 1272324 |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.65000, -83.69000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was attempting to clean out the auger area of a machine when the auger caught and amputated the employee's left middle finger. The machine was running at the time.
Incident Summary
On October 16, 2017, a worker at STANDRIDGE COLOR CORPORATION in SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with other special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.
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