Amputations

Name: Amputations at Roberts Company, Inc.
Start: 6/13/2015

1 amputation · 2015063658 · 6/13/2015 · Roberts Company, Inc.

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: Food slicers
Secondary source: Meat, poultry, seafood

Employer

Name: Roberts Company, Inc.
Location: 511 EE Wallace Blvd. N, FERRIDAY, LOUISIANA, 71334
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting meat using a table saw (meat slicer) when the meat slipped from his grasp, causing his hand to contact the blade. His thumb and index finger were severed, causing amputation, and two other fingers were lacerated.

Source

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