Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-09-02 | Folkston | Ga | AJM Packaging Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding paper into the plate machine when his left index finger was caught in a pinch point and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-08-03 | Folkston | Ga | Chesser Island Road Landfill, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was using a crow bar to attach a metal drag bar (10 feet long, weighing 400 pounds) to the bucket of a front end loader. The employee's hand was caught between the bottom of the drag bar and the ground, causing a partial amputation to the right index finger. | |||||
2016-07-27 | Folkston | Georgia | AJM Packaging Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to help repair a bag machine that was down. When he used a jog button to energize the machine, the cutting blade partially amputated his right middle finger at the first joint. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-08-05 | Folkston | Georgia | Southeastern Grocers, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting pork chops with a meat saw when the employee's right thumb sustained a partial amputation/severe tissue damage. | |||||
2015-03-25 | Folkston | Georgia | AJM Packaging Corporation, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee amputated three left-hand fingertips while clearing a jam on a plate machine. |