Mount Franklin Foods LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — EL PASO, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Mount Franklin Foods LLC in EL PASO, TEXAS
Employer Mount Franklin Foods LLC Report ID 2022053978
Address 1800 Northwestern Dr. City, State ZIP EL PASO, TEXAS 79912
Event Date May 7, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Special process machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 311911 Inspection # 1594514
GPS Coordinates 31.87000, -106.57000

Incident Narrative

An employee was performing a sanitation function on a can line machine and amputated the tip of her left middle finger in the conveyor pulley.

Incident Summary

On May 7, 2022, a worker at Mount Franklin Foods LLC in EL PASO, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

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