Amputations

Name: Amputations at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
Start: 4/20/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015042138 · 4/20/2015 · Packers Sanitation Services, 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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Meat grinders

Employer

Name: Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
Location: 3867 2nd St., ARCADIA, LOUISIANA, 71001
NAICS: 561720
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the paddles on a bone canon when his frock was caught in the machine. The employee tried to free himself from the machine and in the process his hand was caught in the machine. His left pinky finger was amputated as a result.

Source

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