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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024021176 · 2/7/2024 · Treehouse Foods

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source
Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
Secondary source
Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name
Treehouse Foods
Location
1912 Farmer Brothers Drive, NORTHLAKE, TEXAS, 76262
NAICS
311824
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a magnet in the waste bin while cleaning the metal. The employee walked the magnet to the other side of the line, then placed the magnet on a metal surface which caught their hands between the metal and the magnet, resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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