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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015020279 · 2/23/2015 · Foster Farms Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Conveyors-belt
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Foster Farms Corporation
Location
6648 Hwy 15 N., FARMERVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71241
NAICS
311615
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The employee was working at a production line where breast meat is inspected prior to packaging. The employee reached down and underneath a conveyor belt where her glove was caught in a pinch point, amputating her right index fingertip. The doctor described it as a de-gloving of the fingertip with removal of the bone tip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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