HANWHA ADVANCED MATERIALS GEORGIA INC
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — WHITE, GEORGIA
| Employer | HANWHA ADVANCED MATERIALS GEORGIA INC | Report ID | 2025065868 |
| Address | 251 GREAT VALLEY PKWY | City, State ZIP | WHITE, GEORGIA 30184 |
| Event Date | June 20, 2025 | Outcome | 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 | Cutters, slitters, winders paper production |
| Secondary Source | Rollers, cylinders | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 221114 | Inspection # | 1835371 |
| GPS Coordinates | 34.28000, -84.78000 | ||
Incident Narrative
On June 20, 2025, a temporary employee was cleaning the rollers on a rewinder machine when the their fingers were caught in the rollers, resulting in a crush injury and degloving of the right ring fingertip that required a surgical fingertip amputation. The incident occurred during training and the machine was in operation at the time.
Incident Summary
On June 20, 2025, a worker at HANWHA ADVANCED MATERIALS GEORGIA INC in WHITE, 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 cutters, slitters, winders paper production identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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