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Kerry Ingredients & Flavours, Ltd

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — CALHOUN, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Kerry Ingredients & Flavours, Ltd in CALHOUN, GEORGIA
Employer Kerry Ingredients & Flavours, Ltd Report ID 2025010932
Address 221 Salem Road SW City, State ZIP CALHOUN, GEORGIA 30701
Event Date January 29, 2025 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Body Part Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Event Type Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source of Injury Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary Source Machine guards
Industry (NAICS) 311942 Inspection # 1802559
GPS Coordinates 34.45000, -84.94000

Incident Narrative

On January 29, 2025, an employee was working to remove a piece of debris on a bag sealing machine. The employee's finger was pulled through a pulley by a moving belt behind the guard, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On January 29, 2025, a worker at Kerry Ingredients & Flavours, Ltd in CALHOUN, GEORGIA suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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