Tamarack Foods LLC.
Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Amputations — 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.
Context
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