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Millwood Specialty Flooring, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — ELLIJAY, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Millwood Specialty Flooring, LLC in ELLIJAY, GEORGIA
Employer Millwood Specialty Flooring, LLC Report ID 2023087239
Address 2213 Progress Road City, State ZIP ELLIJAY, GEORGIA 30540
Event Date August 9, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Hand(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
Secondary Source Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
Industry (NAICS) 321918 Inspection # 1690561
GPS Coordinates 34.68000, -84.48000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using a permanently fixed defect saw to cut defects out of wood strips. The saw caught his shirt sleeves and pulled in his arm, causing the amputation of his right hand at the wrist.

Incident Summary

On August 9, 2023, a worker at Millwood Specialty Flooring, LLC in ELLIJAY, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the hand(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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