Amputations

Name: Amputations at Cal-Maine Foods
Start: 4/9/2017

1 amputation · 2017043193 · 4/9/2017 · Cal-Maine 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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Conveyors-screw, auger

Employer

Name: Cal-Maine Foods
Location: 748 County Road 422, WAELDER, TEXAS, 78959
NAICS: 112310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a feed line auger that had tension in the system. The employee thought he had the energy released, but it was spring loaded. When the energy released, it pinched his finger against the cage. His finger was surgically amputated.

Source

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