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Amputations

1 amputation · 20161110906 · 11/21/2016 · Chicken of the Sea

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
Bottling, canning, filling machinery

Employer

Name
Chicken of the Sea
Location
129 North Commerce Drive, LYONS, GEORGIA, 30436
NAICS
311711
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing excess tuna from the rear of a filler machine when her right hand became caught in the star wheel (carries empty cans to the filler machine). Her middle and index fingers were amputated, and her right hand suffered multiple fractures.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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