Fieldale Farms Corporation - Murrayville Plant

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — MURRAYVILLE, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Fieldale Farms Corporation - Murrayville Plant in MURRAYVILLE, GEORGIA
Employer Fieldale Farms Corporation - Murrayville Plant Report ID 2020054684
Address 5163 Thompson Bridge Road City, State ZIP MURRAYVILLE, GEORGIA 30564
Event Date May 20, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection # 1478145
GPS Coordinates 34.41000, -83.90000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working on a vacuum pipe when a metal plate inside the pipe moved and crushed his right thumb. The thumb was partially amputated at the bottom of the nailbed.

Incident Summary

On May 20, 2020, a worker at Fieldale Farms Corporation - Murrayville Plant in MURRAYVILLE, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with machine and appliance parts, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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