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Koch Foods

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — FLOWOOD, MISSISSIPPI

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Koch Foods in FLOWOOD, MISSISSIPPI
Employer Koch Foods Report ID 2021054007
Address 1080 River Oaks Drive City, State ZIP FLOWOOD, MISSISSIPPI 39232
Event Date May 16, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection # 1533205
GPS Coordinates 32.33000, -90.10000

Incident Narrative

An employee was spraying down equipment and removing some chicken fat on a shackle when their left index finger was caught in the equipment and amputated.

Incident Summary

On May 16, 2021, a worker at Koch Foods in FLOWOOD, MISSISSIPPI suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. 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

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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