Schrieber Foods, Inc.

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Schrieber Foods, Inc. in STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
Employer Schrieber Foods, Inc. Report ID 2020109420
Address 923 CR 176 City, State ZIP STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS 76401
Event Date October 4, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized, 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 Bottling, canning, filling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311991 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 32.26000, -98.18000

Incident Narrative

An employee was performing scheduled maintenance on the side seal heater section of a filler. He was manually moving the heater bars back and forth when the cylinder engaged and retracted back from a closed position, pinching his finger between the heat bar and the frame of the sealer. He sustained an amputation to a finger.

Incident Summary

On October 4, 2020, a worker at Schrieber Foods, Inc. in STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with bottling, canning, filling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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