Amputations

Name: Amputations at Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
Start: 6/26/2020

1 amputation · 2020065967 · 6/26/2020 · Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Butchering machinery

Employer

Name: Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
Location: 129 Potomac Avenue, MOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA, 26836
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had just cleared a machine, jammed by a mis-cut, in poultry cut-up area. The employee was reaching to remove a second mis-cut when the circular saw started up and amputated the tips of the employee's right thumb and index finger (with no bone loss).

Source

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