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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022043384 · 4/19/2022 · American Plant Food Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Conveyors-screw, auger

Employer

Name
American Plant Food Corporation
Location
903 Mayo Shell Rd., GALENA PARK, TEXAS, 77547
NAICS
325314
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the floor with a broom. He bent down to get something off the floor and placed his left hand on the guard of a screw conveyor. The guard of the conveyor was rotted; the employee's left index finger went through the guard. The conveyor cut their finger resulting in partial amputation above the fingernail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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