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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017065492 · 6/15/2017 · Riviana Foods Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Riviana Foods Inc.
Location
505 Port Rd., FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
NAICS
311999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing film from packaging equipment and amputated the upper portion of the left thumb in the jaws of the equipment.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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