Seaboard Foods LLC / Seaboard Feed Mill

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — OKEENE, OKLAHOMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Seaboard Foods LLC / Seaboard Feed Mill in OKEENE, OKLAHOMA
Employer Seaboard Foods LLC / Seaboard Feed Mill Report ID 2017109618
Address 202 Industrial Blvd City, State ZIP OKEENE, OKLAHOMA 73763
Event Date October 6, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311119 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 36.10000, -98.31000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning wet corn out of a probe used to check grain that is brought in by truck. The employee's left thumb was in the middle gate when the control room closed the gate, amputating his thumb at the middle knuckle.

Incident Summary

On October 6, 2017, a worker at Seaboard Foods LLC / Seaboard Feed Mill in OKEENE, OKLAHOMA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

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