Amputations

Name: Amputations at Southern Classic Food Group, LLC
Start: 8/16/2017

1 amputation · 2017087878 · 8/16/2017 · Southern Classic Food Group, LLC

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Southern Classic Food Group, LLC
Location: 1000 Magnolia Blvd., BRUNDIDGE, ALABAMA, 36010
NAICS: 311941
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a plastic jam in a tamper bander when the cutter activated and amputated the employee's right index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.

Source

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