Amputations

Name: Amputations at Simmons Foods, Inc.
Start: 10/27/2023

1 amputation · 2023109973 · 10/27/2023 · Simmons Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Meat grinders

Employer

Name: Simmons Foods, Inc.
Location: 832 E. 3rd Street, MILAN, MISSOURI, 63556
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning product debris off a grind wheel plate. As his left ring finger was in the grind wheel plate hole, it was caught between/struck by the grinder plate and the knife blades, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

Source

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