Amputations

Name: Amputations at Pilgrims Pride Corporation
Start: 6/29/2016

1 amputation · 2016065833 · 6/29/2016 · Pilgrims Pride Corporation

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: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Pilgrims Pride Corporation
Location: 1030 Pilgrims St., MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, 75455
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing bagging operations. The employee reached into the machine to retrieve a melting bag and was caught by the heating bar resulting in the amputation of the right index finger.

Source

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