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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024109203 · 10/2/2024 · Peco Foods, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Feed grinders, crushers, mixers agricultural
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Peco Foods, Inc.
Location
999 Herman Alford Memorial Parkway, PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI, 39350
NAICS
311119
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on the feed mill when he heard a clicking noise from the pulley system on the conditioner machine. He was investigating the motor shaft when the machine was energized and he sustained amputation of the left index finger up to the second joint.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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