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Amputations

1 amputation · 20171212139 · 12/21/2017 · Dakota Turkey Growers, L.L.C.

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Butchering machinery

Employer

Name
Dakota Turkey Growers, L.L.C.
Location
40253 US Highway 14, HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57350
NAICS
311615
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a breast skinner with another employee and had opened a magnetic interlock door to halt the machine's operation. The other employee held a wrench close to the interlock and the machine engaged, pulling the maintenance employee's right hand between a sprocket and chain. The employee suffered a pinky finger amputation and partial ring finger amputation. The machine was energized at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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