Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Agriculture Marketing Service - Cotton Classing Off
Start: 2/26/2025

1 amputation · 2025021858 · 2/26/2025 · United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Agriculture Marketing Service - Cotton Classing Off

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: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Picking, carding, combing machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Agriculture Marketing Service - Cotton Classing Off
Location: 7100 W Sunnyview Ave, VISALIA, CALIFORNIA, 93291
NAICS: 115114
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee had been using an air gun to blow cotton off the moving parts inside of the length/strength cabinet. The employee went to grab some cotton that was still stuck on the length/strength breaker bracket (above the rear jaw cylinder) when their left fourth finger became pinched. The employee sustained an amputation through the distal phalanx.

Source

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