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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017031952 · 3/1/2017 · Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Butchering machinery

Employer

Name
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
Location
113 McNeal Drive, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, 31534
NAICS
311615
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was under a conveyor to retrieve a bird in live hang and caught their right hand in an unguarded, moving chain and sprocket resulting in partial amputation of the right middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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