Amputations

Name: Amputations at Shearer's Foods
Start: 8/17/2019

1 amputation · 2019088502 · 8/17/2019 · Shearer's Foods

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Shearer's Foods
Location: 3636 Medallion Ave, NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, 72112
NAICS: 311919
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a tortilla machine. The pneumatic attachment to the masa pump had been removed to prepare for cleaning, and the rotor inside the pump amputated her right middle finger at the first knuckle.

Source

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