Amputations

Name: Amputations at STANDARD MEAT COMPANY
Start: 8/12/2021

1 amputation · 2021086850 · 8/12/2021 · STANDARD MEAT COMPANY

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: STANDARD MEAT COMPANY
Location: 455 Sansom Blvd, SAGINAW, TEXAS, 76179
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a packaging machine. As he tried to remove a piece of plastic that was stuck inside the machine, one of the machine's knives cut his right ring finger and nicked his right little finger. The tip of the ring finger was amputated.

Source

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