COLLINS, MISSISSIPPI—
SANDERSON FARMS
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at SANDERSON FARMS, 1111 NORTH FIR Ave, COLLINS, MISSISSIPPI 39428 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee reached between the line and the splash board to retrieve a chicken tender. The employee's hand was pulled forward on the line. She pulled her hand from the machine, which caused an amputation to her left index finger.
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BRYAN, TEXAS—
Sanderson Farms
An employee was standing next to a vertical bagging machine and an incline conveyor. A pallet jack was entering the area and the employee stepped back out of the way. The rear of the pallet jack pushed an empty pallet toward the employee's feet and her left ankle was pushed into the bottom frame of the bagger machine. She sustained lacerations and an Achilles tendon injury that required surgery.
BRYAN, TEXAS—
Sanderson Farms
An employee was cleaning a moving conveyor belt. Her right hand was caught between the belt and an interior sprocket, causing lacerations and potentially broken bones. She was hospitalized.
BRYAN, TEXAS—
SANDERSON FARMS
An employee was attempting to remove a box that was stuck on a
conveyor when his finger entered a hole in the belt, pinching it against the belt guide. As a result, he suffered a partial fingertip amputation of the fourth digit on his right hand.
BRYAN, TEXAS—
SANDERSON FARMS
An employee was unloading empty pallet carts. Tension was applied to a flat metal winch hook, and his middle fingertip was pinched between the hook and a pallet cart. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation.
MOULTRIE, GEORGIA—
SANDERSON FARMS
An employee was struck by a forklift while walking to a jockey truck, suffering a broken right tibia and requiring hospitalization.
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