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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017087405 · 8/3/2017 · NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY, LLC

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 running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Conveyors-powered, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells

Employer

Name
NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY, LLC
Location
189 WEST BY-PASS, MOULTRIE, GEORGIA, 31768
NAICS
311611
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a metal hook to remove pork loins from a metal grid conveyor belt coming from a freezer tunnel when the hook was caught in the metal grid and his left thumb was pinched between the conveyor belt and hook handle. His left thumb tip was amputated below the nail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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