Amputations

Name: Amputations at OK Foods, Inc.
Start: 12/2/2021

1 amputation · 20211210374 · 12/2/2021 · OK Foods, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Butchering machinery

Employer

Name: OK Foods, Inc.
Location: 4601 North 6th Street, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72904
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee opened the hatch of a meat processing machine for maintenance to remove product from underneath the machine. The hatch bumped and smashed the employee's left ring fingertip between the machine and the hatch, resulting in an amputation to the tip of the nail.

Source

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