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Amputations
1 amputation · 20171010385 · 10/30/2017 · Ruiz Foods Product, Inc.
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
- Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Ruiz Foods Product, Inc.
- Location
- 2410 Texoma Dr., DENISON, TEXAS, 75020
- NAICS
- 311999
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cleaning the scrap return machine blades. The mechanism cycled and the blade amputated the middle fingertip.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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