Amputations

Name: Amputations at Shearers Foods, Inc.
Start: 5/8/2021

1 amputation · 2021053791 · 5/8/2021 · Shearers 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: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage

Employer

Name: Shearers Foods, Inc.
Location: 3636 Medallion Ave, NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, 72112
NAICS: 311919
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 5/08/2021, at 1:30 PM, an employee was starting the sanitation prep for a corn mill mixer. The employee opened the bottom side of the mixer inspection door to remove product and the auger caught her fingers causing an amputation of the left middle finger at the first joint, and a fracture of the left index finger at the first joint.

Source

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