Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs LLC

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs LLC in CEDAR SPRINGS, GEORGIA
Employer Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs LLC Report ID 20181213130
Address 12551 HWY 273 West City, State ZIP CEDAR SPRINGS, GEORGIA 39832
Event Date December 22, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Paper production machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 322121 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 31.16000, -85.09000

Incident Narrative

An employee was feeding paper from a roll into a paper machine. A piece of paper was caught in the machine; the employee was removing it when his left middle finger was caught between a pulley and the paper roll. The fingertip (including tissue and bone) was amputated.

Incident Summary

On December 22, 2018, a worker at Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs LLC in CEDAR SPRINGS, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with paper production machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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