Amputations

Name: Amputations at Riceland Foods, Inc.
Start: 3/27/2020

1 amputation · 2020032813 · 3/27/2020 · Riceland 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: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Riceland Foods, Inc.
Location: 216 G Street, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72401
NAICS: 311212
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on an R-valve that was clogged with rice. He was using a metal rod to break up the clog. When the clog of rice broke loose, the blades in the R-valve started to rotate and amputated his left middle fingertip.

Source

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