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Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — GIBBON, NEBRASKA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. in GIBBON, NEBRASKA
Employer Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. Report ID 2016109835
Address 218 E. Hwy 30 City, State ZIP GIBBON, NEBRASKA 68840
Event Date October 19, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Cabinets, cases-display, storage
Industry (NAICS) 561720 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.74000, -98.84000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning a carcass wash cabinet when the cabinet lid came down and lacerated his right pinky finger. During treatment, the fingertip was amputated.

Incident Summary

On October 19, 2016, a worker at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. in GIBBON, NEBRASKA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with cabinets, cases-display, storage identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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