DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-07-27GurdonArGeorgia-Pacific, LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
At about 5:30 a.m. on July 27, 2021, an employee was changing knives on a piece of equipment. The equipment rotated onto his left hand, and the blades amputated his middle and ring fingers between the first knuckle and the fingernail.
2018-08-29GurdonArkansasGeorgia Pacific, LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was unhitching a welding trailer from a buggy. As the trailer hitch released, his left thumb was crushed between the hitch and the buggy bumper. The thumb was amputated.
2016-02-23GurdonArkansasGeorgia Pacific LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was reaching for a 2x4 board while working with the planer in-feed table. The employee's right thumb went through a 1.5-inch gap in the guarding and was caught between the tipple chain and sprocket, amputating the first digit of the right thumb.