Amputations

Name: Amputations at Perdue Farms, LLC
Start: 3/21/2022

1 amputation · 2022032519 · 3/21/2022 · Perdue Farms, LLC

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Perdue Farms, LLC
Location: 1155 Candler Road, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30507
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that cools and smokes sausage. The employee was in the process of removing sausage which had jammed in the conveyor system of the machine when their left middle finger got caught between the belt and the pully resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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