Schrieber Foods, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — 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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