Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c. · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Houchens Food Group Inc., 680 Hwy 78 W, JASPER, ALABAMA 35501
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was processing a pork loin when a larger slab of meat fell off the cutting surface. While the employee went to catch it, the sawblade amputated the employee's left little finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Butchering machinery
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