Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ConAgra Foods, 3100 E Main St, RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS 72802
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was mixing dressing in a 500-pound mixer when his right hand entered the machine, amputating his second, third, and fourth fingers from the distal phalanges to the second knuckle. The mixer was guarded at the time.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
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