Amputations

Name: Amputations at Riceland Foods, Inc.
Start: 11/9/2020

1 amputation · 20201110612 · 11/9/2020 · Riceland Foods, 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: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

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

Narrative

At 11:00 p.m. on November 9, 2020, an employee was cleaning a VTA machine. A blade on the machine contacted the employee's left index fingertip, causing an amputation between the fingernail and the first joint.

Source

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