Treehouse Foods

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — NORTHLAKE, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Treehouse Foods in NORTHLAKE, TEXAS
Employer Treehouse Foods Report ID 2024021176
Address 1912 Farmer Brothers Drive City, State ZIP NORTHLAKE, TEXAS 76262
Event Date February 7, 2024 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Body Part Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Event Type Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning Source of Injury Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
Secondary Source Source, secondary source unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 311824 Inspection # 1728470
GPS Coordinates 33.03000, -97.26000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using a magnet in the waste bin while cleaning the metal. The employee walked the magnet to the other side of the line, then placed the magnet on a metal surface which caught their hands between the metal and the magnet, resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip.

Incident Summary

On February 7, 2024, a worker at Treehouse Foods in NORTHLAKE, TEXAS suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as caught or wedged between objects nonrunning, with hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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