Amputations

Name: Amputations at Harvest Rice, Inc.
Start: 6/19/2020

1 amputation · 2020065738 · 6/19/2020 · Harvest Rice, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Harvest Rice, Inc.
Location: 1232 High Street, MCGEHEE, ARKANSAS, 71654
NAICS: 311212
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a packaging machine when a jam occurred. As the employee was clearing plastic debris, the machine cycled causing its jaws to close on the employee's left hand. The employee s left thumb was amputated at the base of the fingernail.

Source

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