Amputations

Name: Amputations at Riceland Foods, Inc.
Start: 4/19/2020

1 amputation · 2020043586 · 4/19/2020 · 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, n.e.c.

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a rice miller's cooling chamber discharge. The feed screw inside the machine caught his right index finger, amputating it below the nailbed.

Source

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