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Shearer's Foods

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Shearer's Foods in NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
Employer Shearer's Foods Report ID 2019088502
Address 3636 Medallion Ave City, State ZIP NEWPORT, ARKANSAS 72112
Event Date August 17, 2019 Outcome 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 Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311919 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 35.64000, -91.18000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a tortilla machine. The pneumatic attachment to the masa pump had been removed to prepare for cleaning, and the rotor inside the pump amputated her right middle finger at the first knuckle.

Incident Summary

On August 17, 2019, a worker at Shearer's Foods in NEWPORT, ARKANSAS 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 food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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