Amputations

Name: Amputations at Pioneer Flour Mills
Start: 12/5/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181212503 · 12/5/2018 · Pioneer Flour Mills

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Handtools-powered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Pioneer Flour Mills
Location: 129 E Guenther St,, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78204
NAICS: 311211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in the grain elevator working to un-choke an airlock using an air gun with a long extension. In the process, the safety tip on the air gun contacted the airlock causing the air gun to twist. The employee's right index finger was caught between the trigger and the body of the air gun, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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