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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024087035 · 8/2/2024 · Tropicale Foods

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
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Food and beverage processing machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Transmissions, gears

Employer

Name
Tropicale Foods
Location
1001 East 33rd Street, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79404
NAICS
311520
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on an ice cream machine when his finger was caught in the gears. The employee sustained an amputation of their distal fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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