Amputations

Name: Amputations at Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC
Start: 12/29/2015

1 amputation · 2015129783 · 12/29/2015 · Koch Foods of Mississippi, 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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Sealing, stapling machinery

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting the box taping machine. The employee's hand was caught in the chain drive resulting in the amputation of the left thumb's distal joint. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Source

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