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Gold Creek Foods, LLC

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment — Amputations — GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Gold Creek Foods, LLC in GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
Employer Gold Creek Foods, LLC Report ID 2020021151
Address 2255 White Sulphur Road City, State ZIP GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA 30501
Event Date February 4, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment Source of Injury Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection # 1462587
GPS Coordinates 34.32000, -83.79000

Incident Narrative

An employee was running the breading machine. He looked into the product entry opening and saw breading had clotted up inside. He was attempting to remove the clot when his right hand contacted a conveyor belt flap inside the machine, resulting in a right middle fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On February 4, 2020, a worker at Gold Creek Foods, LLC in GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as struck against moving part of machinery or equipment, 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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