Amputations

Name: Amputations at Exquisita Tortillas, Inc.
Start: 12/21/2016

1 amputation · 20161211844 · 12/21/2016 · Exquisita Tortillas, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Exquisita Tortillas, Inc.
Location: 700 W. Chapin, EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78541
NAICS: 311830
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A temporary employee was mixing dough when he noticed dough stuck on a rod at an adjacent machine. He was attempting to clear out the dough when a moving part pinched and amputated his right ring fingertip between the part and the rod.

Source

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