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Amputations
1 amputation · 2017010801 · 1/27/2017 · Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Processing Division)
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, n.e.c.
- Source
- Machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Processing Division)
- Location
- 13111 Highway 190 W, HAMMOND, LOUISIANA, 70404
- NAICS
- 311615
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was observing a switch operation during troubleshooting and got a finger caught in the motor belt resulting in two fingertip amputations.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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