Amputations

Name: Amputations at Cargill
Start: 1/27/2016

1 amputation · 2016010799 · 1/27/2016 · Cargill

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: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Cargill
Location: 490 Rd. 9, SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA, 68661
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee reached for a box that was jammed in the ground beef burger tray former machine. When he removed the box, the machine started and pulled his hand into a chain resulting in a partial amputation of the right ring finger.

Source

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