Amputations

Name: Amputations at RICELAND FOODS
Start: 9/12/2017

1 amputation · 2017098755 · 9/12/2017 · RICELAND FOODS

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Rope, twine, string
Secondary source: Guardrails, road dividers

Employer

Name: RICELAND FOODS
Location: 1200 North Park Avenue, STUTTGART, ARKANSAS, 72160
NAICS: 311222
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was manually lowering a piece of steel from the fifth floor to the first floor using ropes when he lost control of the rope. His left ring fingertip was then caught and amputated between the rope and the fifth floor guardrail.

Source

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