Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sunrise Foods, LLC
Start: 8/28/2015

1 amputation · 2015086227 · 8/28/2015 · Sunrise Foods, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Meat grinders

Employer

Name: Sunrise Foods, LLC
Location: 10310 Zodiac Lane, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75229
NAICS: 424490
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a meat grinder. He turned the machine off and reached up under the guard and into die because he thought meat was stuck in the die. The blade hadn't completely stopped and his finger was amputated just above the cuticle.

Source

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