Amputations

Name: Amputations at Cargill
Start: 5/5/2015

1 amputation · 2015052650 · 5/5/2015 · Cargill

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Butchering machinery
Secondary source: Wrenches-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Cargill
Location: Hwy 60, FRIONA, TEXAS, 79035
NAICS: 311613
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee adjusting a skinner machine locked out the machine with a wrench and loosened a bolt. The wrench slipped off of the blade, causing her right index finger to contact the blade and remove skin.

Source

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