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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019010516 · 1/15/2019 · The Pictsweet Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
The Pictsweet Company
Location
25549 FM 88, MONTE ALTO, TEXAS, 78538
NAICS
311412
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was trying to push a bar that had jammed the chain and the sprockets of a plate freezer machine when his left first finger was caught between the chain and sprockets, resulting in an amputation of his finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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