Amputations

Name: Amputations at Cal Maine Foods Inc
Start: 9/16/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021097987 · 9/16/2021 · Cal Maine Foods Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Cal Maine Foods Inc
Location: 410 FM3333, FARWELL, TEXAS, 79325
NAICS: 311119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a creeper to clean under packers. As he slid under the adjacent packer he reached up and a running chain caught the employee's left hand pulling it into the sprocket. The employee's left ring finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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