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Pilgrims

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Pilgrims in MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS
Employer Pilgrims Report ID 20191212449
Address 1107 Monticello Road City, State ZIP MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS 75455
Event Date December 3, 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 Butchering machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection # 1450677
GPS Coordinates 33.10000, -95.04000

Incident Narrative

An employee was sanitizing a neck skinner machine when the machine amputated the employee's right index finger. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On December 3, 2019, a worker at Pilgrims in MOUNT PLEASANT, 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 butchering machinery 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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