Desert Cattle Feeders LLC
Entangled in other object or equipment — Amputations — SATANTA, KANSAS
| Employer | Desert Cattle Feeders LLC | Report ID | 2020099218 |
| Address | 521 50th Road | City, State ZIP | SATANTA, KANSAS 67870 |
| Event Date | September 29, 2020 | Outcome | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Fingertip(s) |
| Event Type | Entangled in other object or equipment | Source of Injury | Rope, twine, string |
| Secondary Source | Cattle and other bovines | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 112111 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.67000, -101.00000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was attempting to load a heifer into a trailer and placed a rope around the saddle horn to pull the heifer into the trailer. The rope slipped off the saddle horn and the loop in the rope quickly tightened around the employee's right middle and ring fingers due to the calf pulling back on the rope. The fingernail and skin was removed from the tip of his right middle finger and the right ring finger was fractured.
Incident Summary
On September 29, 2020, a worker at Desert Cattle Feeders LLC in SATANTA, KANSAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as entangled in other object or equipment, with rope, twine, string identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.
Context
OSHA has recorded 183 severe injury reports involving "Entangled in other object or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Entangled in other object or equipment injuries.
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