Amputations

Name: Amputations at Exquisita Tortillas, Inc.
Start: 3/23/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015031394 · 3/23/2015 · Exquisita Tortillas, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Exquisita Tortillas, Inc.
Location: 700 W. Chapin, EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78541
NAICS: 311830
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was placing packs of tortillas into a machine that cuts the tortillas into triangles. The employee's fingers came in contact with the machine where it lowers to cut the strips.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown