Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-27 | Gurdon | Ar | Georgia-Pacific, LLC | Finger(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. | |||||
2018-08-29 | Gurdon | Arkansas | Georgia Pacific, LLC | Finger(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. | |||||
2016-02-23 | Gurdon | Arkansas | Georgia Pacific LLC | Finger(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. |