Amputations

Name: Amputations at Koch Foods
Start: 7/15/2015

1 amputation · 2015074695 · 7/15/2015 · Koch Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Koch Foods
Location: 921 South Main Street, FOREST, MISSISSIPPI, 39074
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two maintenance employees were checking a belt on a CVP (Cold Vacuum Pack) machine and removed a guard to observe the belt slipping. An employee's finger was caught when the machine started automatically resulting in a soft tissue amputation of the third finger on his right hand.

Source

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