Abbeville Fiber, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — ABBEVILLE, ALABAMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Abbeville Fiber, LLC in ABBEVILLE, ALABAMA
Employer Abbeville Fiber, LLC Report ID 2020109961
Address 2714 U.S. 431 City, State ZIP ABBEVILLE, ALABAMA 36310
Event Date October 19, 2020 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 Conveyors-belt
Industry (NAICS) 321113 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 31.63000, -85.27000

Incident Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on the conveyor belt leading to the chipper when a stump kicked back and jammed his right ring finger resulting in a compound fracture and secondary partial amputation.

Incident Summary

On October 19, 2020, a worker at Abbeville Fiber, LLC in ABBEVILLE, ALABAMA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with conveyors-belt identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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