Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-05-13 | East Palatka | Florida | Hitchcock's Market | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was slicing a ham on a table saw when the ham flipped in his hand and his hand came in contact with the blade, amputating his right index fingertip. | |||||
2017-04-30 | East Palatka | Florida | JSKemp & Brothers, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was waiting for potatoes to be graded (using a bulk grader) so that he could load them onto a tractor trailer when he noticed a bad potato on the conveyor. When he attempted to pull the bad potato out, his right index finger was caught in the conveyor's moving chain and sprocket, amputating it to the first joint. |