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Pegasus Foods Incorporated

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — ROCKWALL, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Pegasus Foods Incorporated in ROCKWALL, TEXAS
Employer Pegasus Foods Incorporated Report ID 2019066303
Address 1635 Innovation Drive City, State ZIP ROCKWALL, TEXAS 75032
Event Date June 22, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Racks-garment and other
Secondary Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Industry (NAICS) 311412 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 32.91000, -96.42000

Incident Narrative

An employee was carrying a pallet rack upright and went to stack it on top of the forklift forks. The employee's right pinky finger was pinched between the pallet rack and the forklift forks resulting in an amputation injury.

Incident Summary

On June 22, 2019, a worker at Pegasus Foods Incorporated in ROCKWALL, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with racks-garment and other identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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