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Amputations
1 amputation · 2015107723 · 10/15/2015 · Breedlove Foods Inc
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Hand(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Breedlove Foods Inc
- Location
- 1818 N Martin Luther King Blvd., LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79403
- NAICS
- 311423
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cleaning equipment with a water hose and got a hand caught in the potato line auger. The right hand was amputated.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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