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Peco Foods

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Crushing injuries — CANTON, MISSISSIPPI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Peco Foods in CANTON, MISSISSIPPI
Employer Peco Foods Report ID 2017109710
Address 1039 W. Fulton St. City, State ZIP CANTON, MISSISSIPPI 39046
Event Date October 9, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Crushing injuries Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Special process machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection # 1270006
GPS Coordinates 32.60000, -90.05000

Incident Narrative

An employee was loading a plastic fill bag onto a bagger holder when his finger was smashed between a bar on the fill and the bagger holder. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On October 9, 2017, a worker at Peco Foods in CANTON, MISSISSIPPI suffered crushing injuries to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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