Amputations

Name: Amputations at Wayne Farms, Inc.
Start: 1/22/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016010633 · 1/22/2016 · Wayne Farms, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Wayne Farms, Inc.
Location: 808 Ross Clark Circle NE, DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36303
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unloading cages of poultry when the chain that carries the cages came off of the track. When the employee attempted to put the chain back on, the chain caught and partially amputated his left middle and ring fingers. The machine was still running at the time of the incident.

Source

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