HANWHA ADVANCED MATERIALS GEORGIA INC

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at HANWHA ADVANCED MATERIALS GEORGIA INC in 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.

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