CANTON, MISSISSIPPI—
Peco Foods
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Peco Foods, 1039 W. Fulton St., CANTON, MISSISSIPPI 39046 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was unjamming a bagger machine and lacerated the left index finger requiring overnight hospitalization. The machine was not locked out or tagged out at the time.
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An employee was pulling a hose across a spiral freezer conveyor. The employee's sleeve got caught between the belt and the point where the scraper contacted the belt, causing injuries to the employee's left-hand fingers.
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An employee was operating a core bag machine when he attempted to straighten a bag and his left ring finger became tangled in the bag material, causing an amputation to the left ring finger.
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Peco Foods
An employee was loading a plastic fill bag onto a bagger holder when his finger was smashed between a bar on the fill and the bagger holder. He was hospitalized.
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