Amputations

Name: Amputations at SANDERSON FARMS
Start: 10/22/2019

1 amputation · 20191011399 · 10/22/2019 · SANDERSON FARMS

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
Secondary source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: SANDERSON FARMS
Location: 2000 SHILOH AVE, BRYAN, TEXAS, 77803
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unloading empty pallet carts. Tension was applied to a flat metal winch hook, and his middle fingertip was pinched between the hook and a pallet cart. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation.

Source

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