Amputations

Name: Amputations at BEF Food, Inc.
Start: 9/25/2018

1 amputation · 2018099907 · 9/25/2018 · BEF Food, 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: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Meat grinders

Employer

Name: BEF Food, Inc.
Location: 1109 East Industrial Dr., SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, 75482
NAICS: 311991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was shoveling inedible scraps from the floor into a small tote to dispose of them when his hand reached up and into a meat grinder's moving auger, resulting in the amputation of his left middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

Source

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