Amputations

Name: Amputations at Omega Protein, Inc.
Start: 8/29/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016088100 · 8/29/2016 · Omega Protein, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
Source: Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Hoses

Employer

Name: Omega Protein, Inc.
Location: 5735 Elder Ferry Road, MOSS POINT, MISSISSIPPI, 39563
NAICS: 311712
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing a press pump motor. The employee stepped over the motor and his boot got caught on a hydraulic hose. He tripped and fell and his left hand struck the expanded metal guard for the press next to where he was working severing his left pinky finger.

Source

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