GUYMON, OKLAHOMA—
Seaboard Foods
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Seaboard Foods, 2700 Cactus Drive, GUYMON, OKLAHOMA 73942 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
Two employees were performing maintenance on a jammed manual lift elevator door. The door dislodged and an employee's hand was pulled into the spring bindings connected to the door. Skin was amputated from the employee's left index finger.
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