Slip or trip without fall, unspecified · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sanderson Farms Inc., 19148 Highway 51, HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI 39083
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a metal cart when he began to fall. He then grabbed the corner of the cart and avulsed his right middle and index fingers. Slip-resistant shoes were worn at the time of the incident.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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