Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Ozark Mountain Poultry, Inc.
Start: 8/13/2025

1 amputation · 2025088050 · 8/13/2025 · Ozark Mountain Poultry, 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: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source: Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name: Ozark Mountain Poultry, Inc.
Location: 1810 S. St. Louis St., BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72501
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting the belt in a poultry packaging machine whose jaws were not retracting. The employee's right hand was caught in a belt-and-sprocket pinch point, and the employee suffered amputations to the ring and little fingertips.

Source

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