Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Peco Foods, Inc.
Start: 10/2/2024

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
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown