Amputations

Name: Amputations at Mountaire Farms, Inc.
Start: 5/28/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016054716 · 5/28/2016 · Mountaire Farms, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Mountaire Farms, Inc.
Location: 55 Hosier Street, SELBYVILLE, DELAWARE, 19975
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting a machine when his right-hand middle finger came in contact with the chain drive, amputating the fingertip. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.

Source

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