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Mountaire Farms of Delmarva

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — SELBYVILLE, DELAWARE

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Mountaire Farms of Delmarva in SELBYVILLE, DELAWARE
Employer Mountaire Farms of Delmarva Report ID 2015096980
Address 55 Hosier Street, P.O. Box 710 City, State ZIP SELBYVILLE, DELAWARE 19975
Event Date September 22, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection # 1095886
GPS Coordinates 38.46000, -75.13000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working in the giblet department loading paper into the wrapping machine and suffered a partial amputation of the right hand middle fingertip.

Incident Summary

On September 22, 2015, a worker at Mountaire Farms of Delmarva in SELBYVILLE, DELAWARE suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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