Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Brookshire Grocery Company, 318 Dixie Place, NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA 71457
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a tenderizer machine and amputated the left index fingertip while removing a jam.
AmputationFingertip(s)Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
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An employee was on a center-ride electric pallet jack retrieving empty pallets to move to another area. The employee's body struck a bollard, resulting in a left thigh contusion.
An employee was cutting boneless pork sirloin chops using a meat band saw when the saw came into contact with his right hand, resulting in an amputation of the index finger.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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