Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tyson Foods-New Holland Fresh Plant
Start: 3/6/2017

1 amputation · 2017032055 · 3/6/2017 · Tyson Foods-New Holland Fresh Plant

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Tyson Foods-New Holland Fresh Plant
Location: 403 S. Custer Avenue, NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17557
NAICS: 112320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to move a conveyor back into its original position after moving it to grease a bearing on an adjacent conveyor. The employee grabbed the bottom legs of the conveyor and tried to pull it back into place. As he pulled on the bottom leg of the conveyor, the top end of the conveyor tilted or rocked which allowed his right gloved hand to travel down the conveyor leg and was smashed between the base plate of the conveyor leg and the floor amputating the fingertip.

Source

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