Two amputations less than two weeks apart at Ga. manufacturer
In separate incidents less than two weeks apart, two employees sustained disabling injuries at Primex Plastics Corp. in Oakwood, Georgia. Both workers had their middle and ring fingers amputated as they removed material jammed in shearing machines that cut plastic.
OSHA cited the plastics manufacturer on Aug. 27, 2015 for two repeated, 18 serious and two other-than-serious safety and health violations. Proposed penalties total $141,100.