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The Pictsweet Company

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — MONTE ALTO, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at The Pictsweet Company in MONTE ALTO, TEXAS
Employer The Pictsweet Company Report ID 2019010516
Address 25549 FM 88 City, State ZIP MONTE ALTO, TEXAS 78538
Event Date January 15, 2019 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 maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Special process machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 311412 Inspection # 1372149
GPS Coordinates 26.37000, -97.96000

Incident Narrative

An employee was trying to push a bar that had jammed the chain and the sprockets of a plate freezer machine when his left first finger was caught between the chain and sprockets, resulting in an amputation of his finger.

Incident Summary

On January 15, 2019, a worker at The Pictsweet Company in MONTE ALTO, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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