Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Farmers Pride, Inc.
Start: 8/6/2024

1 amputation · 2024087181 · 8/6/2024 · Farmers Pride, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Butchering machinery
Secondary source: Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name: Farmers Pride, Inc.
Location: 520 Chestnut Hill Road, FREDERICKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17026
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a de-boning machine on chicken legs when the rotating punch on the machine caught their glove and finger, resulting in amputation of their right index finger to the first knuckle.

Source

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