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 LLC, 600 Dairy Pak Road, ATHENS, GEORGIA 30607
on , Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was troubleshooting a mini-feeder. As the employee was tapping the rotating drive chain with an Allen wrench, the employee's right hand came into contact with the chain. The employee suffered partial amputations, lacerations, and fractures to the middle and ring fingers. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.