Amputations

Name: Amputations at Foster Farms Corporation
Start: 11/1/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20161110328 · 11/1/2016 · Foster Farms Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Foster Farms Corporation
Location: 6648 Hwy 15 N., FARMERVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71241
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to replace a chain on an energized machine when his left hand became engaged in a live sprocket wheel, amputating the third, fourth, and fifth digits.

Source

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