Allen Harim Foods, LLC

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — HARBESON, DELAWARE

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Allen Harim Foods, LLC in HARBESON, DELAWARE
Employer Allen Harim Foods, LLC Report ID 2018088082
Address 18752 Harbeson Road City, State ZIP HARBESON, DELAWARE 19951
Event Date August 7, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Butchering machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection # 1339370
GPS Coordinates 38.72000, -75.28000

Incident Narrative

An employee was untangling shackles in the live hang area of a plant when the employee's finger slipped inside a groove in the shackles' track, suffering an avulsion that resulted in a medical amputation.

Incident Summary

On August 7, 2018, a worker at Allen Harim Foods, LLC in HARBESON, DELAWARE suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with butchering machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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