Amputations

Name: Amputations at Koch Foods
Start: 5/16/2021

1 amputation · 2021054007 · 5/16/2021 · Koch Foods

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: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Koch Foods
Location: 1080 River Oaks Drive, FLOWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, 39232
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was spraying down equipment and removing some chicken fat on a shackle when their left index finger was caught in the equipment and amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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