Amputations

Name: Amputations at Simmons Foods, Inc.
Start: 10/2/2019

1 amputation · 20191010304 · 10/2/2019 · Simmons Foods, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Simmons Foods, Inc.
Location: 1001 E. Main St., SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72761
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was reaching for a piece of chicken on the underside of a hopper conveyor belt when the employee's left hand was caught between the hopper conveyor belt and frame, resulting in an amputated index fingertip and avulsion of the nailbed and flesh.

Source

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