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Mission Foods

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — OMAHA, NEBRASKA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Mission Foods in OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Employer Mission Foods Report ID 2021075434
Address 4433 S. 94th St City, State ZIP OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68127
Event Date July 2, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311830 Inspection # 1540613
GPS Coordinates 41.21000, -96.05000

Incident Narrative

An employee was assembling a vertical dough lift machine which required four bolts to assemble. The employee installed the top two bolts. While attempting to align the holes and install the bottom two bolts, the machine shifted and the employee's left little finger was caught in a pinch point resulting in amputation after the second knuckle.

Incident Summary

On July 2, 2021, a worker at Mission Foods in OMAHA, NEBRASKA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 4,985 severe injury reports involving "Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment injuries.

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