Amputations

Name: Amputations at Abimar Foods
Start: 5/6/2016

1 amputation · 2016053859 · 5/6/2016 · Abimar Foods

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 regular operation
Source: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Abimar Foods
Location: 5425 N 1st Street, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79603
NAICS: 311821
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing cookie packages from the conveyor belt when his finger was caught in the bridge of the conveyor belt and pulled under the belt of the machine. The distal phalanges (pinkie) were amputated. The incident happened on 5/6/16 at 8:45 AM.

Source

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