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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024054765 · 5/30/2024 · PECO FOODS, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Butchering machinery
Secondary source
Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name
PECO FOODS, INC.
Location
15292 HWY 21 SOUTH, SEBASTOPOL, MISSISSIPPI, 39359
NAICS
311615
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing chicken parts from an evisceration machine when his glove contacted the moving blade and pulling his right hand into the blade. The employee sustained amputation of the right middle fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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