Amputations

Name: Amputations at ConAgra Foods
Start: 12/15/2017

1 amputation · 20171211904 · 12/15/2017 · ConAgra 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 during regular operation
Source: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage

Employer

Name: ConAgra Foods
Location: 3100 E Main St, RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72802
NAICS: 311412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was mixing dressing in a 500-pound mixer when his right hand entered the machine, amputating his second, third, and fourth fingers from the distal phalanges to the second knuckle. The mixer was guarded at the time.

Source

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