Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wayne-Sanderson Farms, LLC, 444 Baskin Street South, UNION SPRINGS, ALABAMA 36089
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
On September 19, 2024, a sanitation employee was cleaning a gizzard peeler machine. While removing a piece of meat, his glove was pulled into the rollers of the machine, resulting in amputation of his left index and middle fingers to the first joint.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Butchering machinery
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