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Riceland Foods, Inc.

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Riceland Foods, Inc. in JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
Employer Riceland Foods, Inc. Report ID 2020032813
Address 216 G Street City, State ZIP JONESBORO, ARKANSAS 72401
Event Date March 27, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 311212 Inspection # 1471347
GPS Coordinates 35.84000, -90.65000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working on an R-valve that was clogged with rice. He was using a metal rod to break up the clog. When the clog of rice broke loose, the blades in the R-valve started to rotate and amputated his left middle fingertip.

Incident Summary

On March 27, 2020, a worker at Riceland Foods, Inc. in JONESBORO, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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