Amputations

Name: Amputations at Farmers Pride Incorporated
Start: 12/15/2017

1 amputation · 20171211908 · 12/15/2017 · Farmers Pride Incorporated

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: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Farmers Pride Incorporated
Location: 154 W. Main Street, FREDERICKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17026
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was helping truss chickens and had placed her hand on the conveyor belt that was stopped due to a product back up. When the conveyor started, the employee's finger was caught in a metal part. The employee pulled her hand out of the part resulting in amputation of the left middle finger between the end of the nail and the knuckle.

Source

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