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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015063400 · 6/3/2015 · Riceland Foods- Stuttgart Rice Division

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Riceland Foods- Stuttgart Rice Division
Location
107 E 1ST STREET, STUTTGART, ARKANSAS, 72160
NAICS
311212
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The injured employee and another co-worker were loading a roll of poly with a rod onto the Line 12 packing machine. The rod goes through the center of a poly-roll. The injured employee was setting the rod into the machine and smashed her left index finger between the rod and the packing machine, amputating the left index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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