Koch Foods of Cumming, LLC

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident — Amputations — CUMMING, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Koch Foods of Cumming, LLC in CUMMING, GEORGIA
Employer Koch Foods of Cumming, LLC Report ID 20191112222
Address 221 Meadow Dr. City, State ZIP CUMMING, GEORGIA 30040
Event Date November 25, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident Source of Injury Pallet jack-powered
Secondary Source Posts, bollards, moorings
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 34.20000, -84.13000

Incident Narrative

An employee in the battery room changed a battery on a walk-behind powered pallet jack. As the employee was exiting the battery room his thumb was caught and smashed between the pallet jack and a concrete bollard. The employee sustained a partial thumb amputation.

Incident Summary

On November 25, 2019, a worker at Koch Foods of Cumming, LLC in CUMMING, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident, with pallet jack-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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