Twin Rivers Foods, Inc

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — ATKINS, ARKANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Twin Rivers Foods, Inc in ATKINS, ARKANSAS
Employer Twin Rivers Foods, Inc Report ID 2021031994
Address 602 SE 1st Street City, State ZIP ATKINS, ARKANSAS 72823
Event Date March 6, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Conveyors-belt
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 35.24000, -92.93000

Incident Narrative

An employee was servicing and cleaning a section of a conveyor belt. As he was closing the conveyor section, it landed on his left hand and amputating the tip of the little finger.

Incident Summary

On March 6, 2021, a worker at Twin Rivers Foods, Inc in ATKINS, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with conveyors-belt identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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