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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2025010520 · 1/16/2025 · 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
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Butchering machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Peco Foods Inc
Location
1039 West Fulton Street, CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39046
NAICS
333241
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a chicken neck skinning machine when they noticed chicken skin was stuck on a piece of the machinery. The employee removed the piece of excess skin and their left index finger got caught in the equipment, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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