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Perdue Farms, LLC

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Perdue Farms, LLC in GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
Employer Perdue Farms, LLC Report ID 2022032519
Address 1155 Candler Road City, State ZIP GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA 30507
Event Date March 21, 2022 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection # 1585819
GPS Coordinates 34.26000, -83.81000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that cools and smokes sausage. The employee was in the process of removing sausage which had jammed in the conveyor system of the machine when their left middle finger got caught between the belt and the pully resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On March 21, 2022, a worker at Perdue Farms, LLC in GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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