Amputations

Name: Amputations at Ruiz Foods
Start: 10/26/2017

1 amputation · 20171010279 · 10/26/2017 · Ruiz Foods

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, unspecified
Source: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage

Employer

Name: Ruiz Foods
Location: 2410 Texoma Dr., DENISON, TEXAS, 75020
NAICS: 424420
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a batter mixer pump when the employee's hand slipped into the machine's operating grinder, amputating the middle finger above the middle knuckle and the ring finger at the bottom of the fingernail.

Source

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