Amputations

Name: Amputations at Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
Start: 9/19/2015

1 amputation · 2015096883 · 9/19/2015 · Packers Sanitation Services Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Broiling and frying equipment and appliances

Employer

Name: Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
Location: 3800 Progress St, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72114
NAICS: 561720
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the fryer machine located in a Tyson Food poultry plant and partially amputated his left ring finger. The machine was not locked or tagged out when the employee removed the guard and was cleaning the machine.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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