Tamarack Foods LLC.

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Amputations — AMERICUS, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Tamarack Foods LLC. in AMERICUS, GEORGIA
Employer Tamarack Foods LLC. Report ID 2022119915
Address 119 Old Andersonville Road City, State ZIP AMERICUS, GEORGIA 31719
Event Date November 10, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Ladders, unspecified
Secondary Source Nonclassifiable
Industry (NAICS) 311991 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 32.11000, -84.19000

Incident Narrative

An employee was climbing down a ladder. He fell at the second rung from the bottom and fingers on his left hand were caught in the machine he had been cleaning. He suffered partial amputations to those fingers.

Incident Summary

On November 10, 2022, a worker at Tamarack Foods LLC. in AMERICUS, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with ladders, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

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