GADSDEN, ALABAMA—
Koch Foods of Gadsden, LLC
Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c. · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Koch Foods of Gadsden, LLC, 501 Paden Rd, GADSDEN, ALABAMA 35903 on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was hanging chickens when his hand was caught in moving fan blades and he sustained the amputation of his right middle finger.
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GADSDEN, ALABAMA—
Koch Foods of Gadsden LLC
An employee was using a hand saw to cut poultry when they sustained a partial amputation of the left index finger.
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Koch Foods of Gadsden, LLC
An employee was stacking 40-pound boxes of chicken leg quarters. A rotating hose clamp below the guard/conveyor on a conveyor belt caught the employee's smock sleeve and pulled his left arm down at an angle, breaking the forearm.
GADSDEN, ALABAMA—
Koch Foods Of Gadsden LLC
An employee was walking through a set of double doors. As she was closing the door, her right pinky finger was caught between the door and the frame, causing a laceration that resulted in a partial finger amputation.
GADSDEN, ALABAMA—
Koch Foods of Gadsden LLC
An employee was completing an inventory when the entire second floor where she was working collapsed beneath her. She fell and landed on construction material, fracturing her neck and requiring hospitalization.
GADSDEN, ALABAMA—
Koch Foods Of Gadsden LLC
Employee suffered an amputation of his right index finger while putting a bird's leg back into a shackle in the picking room. Employee's finger got caught in the moving shackle.
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