Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at McLane Classic Foods, 3165 South Burleson Boulevard, BURLESON, TEXAS 76028
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee removed a product pump face plate to investigate a no flow situation on a pouch machine. The plug supplying electricity to the mixer hopper was physically disconnected before the employee put his hand over the front of the pump and into the feed tube. As hot product was leaking from the pump body, the employee called for assistance to reassemble the pump and stop the leak. The employee then felt a pulling sensation on his finger from the pump, which had amputated the tip of his finger.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Special process machinery, unspecified
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