Amputations

Name: Amputations at Koch Foods of MS, LLC
Start: 7/23/2015

1 amputation · 2015075004 · 7/23/2015 · Koch Foods of MS, LLC

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 regular operation
Source: Sealing, stapling machinery

Employer

Name: Koch Foods of MS, LLC
Location: 410 Koch Drive Suite 100, MORTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39117
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee's left hand reached into a tape machine to retrieve tape. His right hand was on the machine guard at the time. His right-hand index finger got caught in the rotating chain, and the top portion of the finger was amputated.

Source

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