Animal Comfort Group, LLC
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations involving bone loss — CROCKETT, TEXAS
| Employer | Animal Comfort Group, LLC | Report ID | 2024087575 |
| Address | 2200 Dobbs Street | City, State ZIP | CROCKETT, TEXAS 75835 |
| Event Date | August 17, 2024 | Outcome | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations involving bone loss | Body Part | Lower leg(s) |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Livestock-related machinery n.e.c. |
| Secondary Source | "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 424910 | Inspection # | 1769678 |
| GPS Coordinates | 31.29000, -95.46000 | ||
Incident Narrative
The power to a shaver head was shut off, but the switch was broken and was unable to be locked out with an energy isolating device. An employee then went into the shavers area to assess a broken pull cable. As he was inspecting the cable, he stepped onto the shaver blades/plate area and his left leg was pulled into the shaver blades that were still spinning. The employee was hospitalized, and their lower left leg was surgically amputated to one inch below the knee.
Incident Summary
On August 17, 2024, a worker at Animal Comfort Group, LLC in CROCKETT, TEXAS suffered amputations involving bone loss to the lower leg(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with livestock-related machinery n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.
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