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Blount Fine foods

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — WARREN, RHODE ISLAND

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Blount Fine foods in WARREN, RHODE ISLAND
Employer Blount Fine foods Report ID 20211110116
Address 383 Water St. City, State ZIP WARREN, RHODE ISLAND 02885
Event Date November 23, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 311999 Inspection # 1565321
GPS Coordinates 41.72000, -71.28000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning a machine when it caught his right ring finger and amputated the fingertip.

Incident Summary

On November 23, 2021, a worker at Blount Fine foods in WARREN, RHODE ISLAND suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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