Amputations

Name: Amputations at SANDERSON FARMS, INC.
Start: 9/18/2018

1 amputation · 2018099618 · 9/18/2018 · SANDERSON FARMS, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered

Employer

Name: SANDERSON FARMS, INC.
Location: 700 HWY 133 SOUTH, MOULTRIE, GEORGIA, 31788
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was holding a bearing and shaft while using a hammer when the hammer hit his left middle finger, causing an avulsion that resulted in a surgical amputation at the first joint.

Source

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