Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Blue Ridge Paper Products, 600 Dairy Pak Rd., ATHENS, GEORGIA 30607
on , Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
On May 17, 2024, a maintenance employee was performing planned maintenance on a dryer and greasing the bearings while in a squatting position. When he stood up, he lost balance and his left hand contacted the supply fan drive shaft resulting in partial amputations to two fingers.
AmputationOther finger(s) n.e.c.Rollers, calenders, dryers paper production