Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE
Start: 6/12/2018

1 amputation · 2018065730 · 6/12/2018 · U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Food slicers

Employer

Name: U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE
Location: 8301 HWY. 521, SALTERS, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29590
NAICS: 922140
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An inmate was slicing a turkey loaf in an electric meat slicer. When the turkey loaf was trimmed down to a small piece, the employee tried to reposition the meat in the running slicer and suffered the amputation of soft tissue and part of the nail on the end of the right thumb.

Source

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