Amputations

Name: Amputations at Fieldale Farms
Start: 4/3/2017

1 amputation · 2017043007 · 4/3/2017 · Fieldale Farms

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: Butchering machinery

Employer

Name: Fieldale Farms
Location: 1540 Monroe Drive, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30507
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was opening the lid to the vacuum hopper. The lid slipped out of his grasp and fell crushing his left index finger between the lid and the hopper resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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