Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sage V Foods
Start: 1/16/2017

1 amputation · 2017010438 · 1/16/2017 · Sage V Foods

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Sage V Foods
Location: 5901 Sloane Drive, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72206
NAICS: 424490
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the air-lock machine attached to a cooker. The equipment was not locked out and it energized while the employee's hand was in the machine resulting in the amputation of the left index finger to the first joint.

Source

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