Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Riceland Foods, Inc., 216 N Gee Street, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS 72401
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
On January 29, 2022, at 8:15 a.m., an employee was carrying machine parts for a milling machine while entering a building at the first-floor stairwell. The employee was tripped by the door and the machine parts he was carrying fell. As he tried to catch the parts, the employee's right hand was crushed between the parts and the concrete wall, resulting in lacerations to the ring finger and an amputation of the little finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
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