Amputations

Name: Amputations at Peco Foods, Inc.
Start: 2/19/2020

1 amputation · 2020021626 · 2/19/2020 · Peco 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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Peco Foods, Inc.
Location: 180 Commercial Parkway, CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39046
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to remove jammed material from a bagger machine when the employee's right middle finger was caught in the machine, resulting in a finger tip amputation. The machine guard door was open at the time of the incident.

Source

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