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Twin Rivers Foods - Atkins

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — ATKINS, ARKANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Twin Rivers Foods - Atkins in ATKINS, ARKANSAS
Employer Twin Rivers Foods - Atkins Report ID 2019010066
Address 602 South East 1st St City, State ZIP ATKINS, ARKANSAS 72823
Event Date January 3, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Butchering machinery
Secondary Source Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 35.24000, -92.93000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working on a skinning machine when his glove was caught in the machine, resulting in an amputation of his right index fingertip.

Incident Summary

On January 3, 2019, a worker at Twin Rivers Foods - Atkins in ATKINS, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with butchering machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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