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Equity Group - Georgia Division, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — CAMILLA, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Equity Group - Georgia Division, LLC in CAMILLA, GEORGIA
Employer Equity Group - Georgia Division, LLC Report ID 20181111729
Address 7220 U.S. Highway 19 City, State ZIP CAMILLA, GEORGIA 31730
Event Date November 14, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 31.27000, -84.18000

Incident Narrative

Employees were cleaning the "skin puller machine" with a water hose. The injured employee was operating a water hose and nozzle, spray cleaning the machine. After the machine was cleaned and re-energized the employee noticed a tag of skin inside the machine and attempted to retrieve it. The employee's hand contacted the rotating parts resulting in partial amputation of the employee's middle, ring and index fingers.

Incident Summary

On November 14, 2018, a worker at Equity Group - Georgia Division, LLC in CAMILLA, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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