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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017043664 · 4/24/2017 · LA Darling Company

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 during regular operation
Source
Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name
LA Darling Company
Location
1401 Hwy 49B North, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, 72450
NAICS
337215
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

In the shelf line area, an employee was reaching over a conveyor belt to inspect the welded brackets on a piece of thin sheet metal when her hair got caught in the conveyor belt. The employee used her left hand to try to pull herself free when her left hand got caught in the conveyor belt resulting in amputation of the left pinky fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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